UnsortedLINKS-2013

LINKS 2013 unsorted due to lack of time - collated by Henry Adams

In approximate chronological order (most recent first); not fully comprehensive - just the selection I've spotted.

Tibet mine protest crackdown exposes China’s ‘nature reserve’ sham 27aug13? re Bob & Barb hol

WDM: Famine and poverty are a result of poor governance, not overpopulation - Telegraph - Comments by Nick Dearden & others

BBC News - In full Lib Dem conference 2013 agenda
LibDem Autumn Conference

ILUC: Parliament’s lead biofuels MEP in last-ditch battle for ILUC recognition EurActiv 10??13

Food crisis fears prompt UN wake-up call to world leaders Global development theguardian.com
United Nations urges governments to do more to support small farmers to curb hunger, poverty and climate change -

Governments in rich and poor countries alike should renounce their focus on agribusiness and give more support to small-scale, local food production to achieve global food security and tackle climate change, according to a report from Unctad, the UN trade and development body.

The 2013 Trade and Environment Review, calls on governments to "wake up before it is too late" and shift rapidly towards farming models that promote a greater variety of crops, reduced fertiliser use and stronger links between small farms and local consumers.

Persistent rural poverty, global hunger, population growth and environmental concerns must be treated as a collective crisis, argues the report, which criticises the international response to the 2008 food-price crisis for focusing on technical "quick-fixes".

... Several of the contributors call for a focus on food sovereignty, a concept introduced more than a decade ago by the international peasants' movementLa Via Campesina. Unlike food security, often defined as ensuring people have enough to eat, food sovereignty focuses on questions of power and control. It puts the needs and interests of those who produce and consume food at the heart of agricultural systems and policies.

NGOs claim poor countries lose $100bn yearly from tax dodges by EU firms EurActiv 19sep13
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/18/poor-countries-tax-dodges-eu-firms - Spotlight falls on tax avoidance as Concord group calls for action to ensure poor countries keep fair share of revenues 18sep13 Mark Tran Global development theguardian.com

ECONOMICS: nef: Why the Coalition’s austerity story is so powerful - and how we can counter it new economics foundation 11sep13

The Tour of Britain SLDC

CC: www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/sep/16/climate-change-contrarians-5-stages-denial

CC: Bristol University 15sep13 Cabot Institute Achilles’ heel of ice shelves is beneath the water, scientists reveal

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-40room-yorkshire-home-thats-frozen-in-time-stunning-images-reveal-eerie-abandoned-mansion-left-to-rot-for-three-decades-8821917.html

http://www.filmsforaction.org/news/when_you_kill_ten_million_africans_you_arent_called_hitler/

Angola Head of State appoints Ecocide Convention Work Team Ecocide Alert

UK's main political parties have 'failed to show leadership on environment' 13sep13 theguardian.com

BBC Nature - Smart approach to house spider survey

Sugar intake must come down, says WHO – but UK likely to resist Life and style The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/07/sugar-diet-who-uk-experts via Berni Meaden

ClientEarth ClientEarth - environmental law, environmental justice, air, oceans, energy, climate, forests, toxics, health - environmental law, environmental justice, air, oceans, energy, climate, forests, toxics, health

****** http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2057777/anti_fracking_special_report_uk.html

Shale gas explorer IGas Energy prepares to drill near Manchester - Telegraph 12sep13 Emily Gosden

*** Letters Balcombe residents' experience of poor fracking regulation The Guardian 11sep13

http://stopfyldefracking.org.uk/latest-news/urgent-singleton-planning-objections/

Green Party Natalie Bennett Conference Speech (Text in Full) 13sep13 greenparty.org.uk/news/2013/09/13/natalie-bennett-conference-speech-%28text-in-full%29/

https://twitter.com/BernaMeaden

Moving the C of E beyond its arms company shame Ekklesia

The 'real world' economy Ekklesia

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/blogs/2013/09/europe-could-have-up-to-25-million-new-poor-by-2025-if-austerity-drags-on?utm_source=oxf.am&utm_medium=UED&utm_content=redirect

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lansley#Conflict_of_interest

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/lobbying

Green think tanks and NGOs fear Cameron's charity clampdown - 30 Aug 2013 - Analysis from BusinessGreen

http://coppolacomment.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-ethical-co-op.html

The Stage Reviews The Energy Show http://www.michaeldennymusic.com/page5/page8/index.html

Green Liberal Democrats Fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2232621097/

http://www.upworthy.com/a-bunch-of-young-geniuses-just-made-a-corrupt-corporation-freak-out-big-time-time-for-round?c=ufb1

Tim Farron on yes to homes http://www.yestohomes.co.uk/ideas/opinion/item/47-liberal-democrats-must-say-yes-to-homes#.UjNAFdKsg4t

http://www.bikesecure.co/

Stephen Gilbert writes … Liberal Democrats should be proud of the Energy Bill

http://www.libdemvoice.org/stephen-gilbert-writes-liberal-democrats-should-be-proud-of-the-energy-bill-34756.html

BEES: Dave's blog Goulson Lab School of Life Sciences University of Sussex http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/goulsonlab/blog

BEES etc: 11sep13 www.express.co.uk/news/uk/428524/Ministers-deny-science-on-EU-pesticide-ban

http://action.sumofus.org/s/bayer-bees-lawsuit-thanks/?action_id=10374244&akid=.903901.giuXbA&ar=1&form_name=act&rd=1&sub=tw

DEFRA rejects science behind neonicotinoid ban Login The ENDS Report 12sep13

http://www.endsreport.com/40447/defra-investigates-effect-of-wind-and-shale-gas-on-house-prices

Responsible Investor Is the tide turning on ‘big carbon’? The surprising step change in the stranded assets debate. Free-to-air ‘don’t miss’ article! Stranded assets? Sustainable investors must understand oil, gas, coal sector cost curves… by Craig Mackenzie | August 30th, 2013

There is no such thing as individuals. It’s communities that matter, on the Isle of Pellworm – by Dr Philipp Grünewald, University of Oxford UKERC Blog The Current Event 2sep13

Are the Green Tories preparing a fight back - 23 Aug 2013 - James' Blog a blog from BusinessGreen.http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/james-blog/2290533/are-the-green-tories-preparing-a-fight-back?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer33b37&utm_medium=twitter

http://saveourwoods.co.uk/articles/news/forestry-commission-for-the-future-e-petition-launched/

http://sustainablefoodtrust.org/contributors/richard-young/

UK Climatologist Time To Stop Pandering To The Politically Possible, End Meaningless Timelines - Democratic Underground

CAfS Cumbria Action for Sustainability on Eventbrite http://cumbriaactionforsustainability.eventbrite.co.uk/

IGas Energy tries to take the heat out of fracking The Times www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article3863864.ece?utm_source=Energydesk+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=0b509631e8-Energydesk_Dispatch5_9_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ad1a620334-0b509631e8-50269929

30aug13 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2013/aug/30/fracking-climate-change-fossil-fuels-debate

Factions papering over the fracks We drill down into a PR war that turned fracking into the topic of the summer Metro News 11sep13

Oil & Gas Well Casing - YouTube & otherfracking info videos

http://unfrack.me/

Frack Free UK - 350 http://act.350.org/sign/frackfreeuk/

FRACK FREE (S. YORKS) Fb: https://www.facebook.com/groups/566381873425768/?fref=ts

British Society of Soil Science - British Society of Soil Science http://www.soils.org.uk/events/event-119/

http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/breaking-activists-%E2%80%98frack%E2%80%99-lancashire-county-hall-20130904

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2013/8/21/solar-energy/spains-solar-stupidity

http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/policy/climatechange/action/ukenergy/shalegas.aspx

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/23/climate-change-greatest-risk-management-failure dana 23aug13

New report Common Cause for Nature Common Cause 12aug13 http://valuesandframes.org/new-report-nature/

end_food_fuel_40550 foe.co.uk/campaigns/biodiversity/press_for_change/end_food_fuel_40550.html?ic_number=45943920&m_sourcecode=LM1308301&product=CAMP&utm_source=lyris&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email&MID=2703931&hq_e=el&hq_m=2704026&hq_l=2&hq_v=075dffc0a4

BIOMASS http://mattadamwilliams.co.uk/2013/08/23/high-on-carbon-high-on-dishonesty-new-biomass-sustainability-standards/

http://www.u3a.org.uk/find-a-u3a.html UK U3As, by eSpatial Interactive Mapping

BBC News 4sep13 - Balcombe protests Fracking row village sees fresh plan

3sep13 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/10283587/Cuadrilla-admits-Balcombe-planning-application-legally-ambigious.html#comment-1029410357

15aug13 To frack or not to frack That is the question for communities Local Leaders Network theguardian.com

10aug13 New Study Finds High Methane Emissions from Gas Drilling The Allegheny Front NOAA

PLANNING: Log-in to read more about Property owners not to be notified of underground oil and gas drilling under government proposals

TAR SANDS & FQD how do these fit into this?https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/driving-the-future-today-a-strategy-for-ultra-low-emission-vehicles-in-the-uk

Armed Extraction The UK Military in Nigeria Platform 17aug13

https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/frack-free-uk?source=em&subsource=frem02&utm_medium=email&utm_source=gpeace&utm_content=3+-+Please+take+a+minute+and+sign+the+petiti&utm_campaign=fracking02

BBC News - Climate change 'driving spread of crop pests'

Forest bolsters bird abundance, pest control and coffee yield - Karp - 2013 - Ecology Letters - Wiley Online Library