Environmentalism and ecologist parties
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EU budget: Scrap the CAP
27 November 2012373 38 The Guardian London -
Tar sands: EU bows to oil lobby pressure
1 March 2012394 7 Trouw Amsterdam -
Lifestyle: Hour of the hypocrites
4 April 2011210 Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich -
United Kingdom: The spy who turned green
12 January 2011PresseuropThe Guardian -
Climate Change: We need eco-democracies
13 December 2010347 4 Der Freitag Berlin -
FROM CANADA: Europe, an ecological model
21 May 2010PresseuropThe Walrus -
Democracy: Non-revolutionary revolutions
2 April 201059 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
France: The blackout risk
17 December 2009PresseuropLe Monde -
United Kingdom: Dinosaurs come out against Green Cameron
2 December 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Fashion: High-tech and ethically right-on
6 November 200914 Cafebabel.com Paris -
Environmentalism: Judge decides Greenness is godliness
4 November 2009PresseuropThe Independent -
Consumer trends: Animal welfare also good for your health
27 October 2009PresseuropTrouw -
Petrol: For a few barrels more
23 July 200917 2 Vrij Nederland Amsterdam
The Common Agricultural Policy was one of the contentious points of the last week’s EU summit. In the midst of an economic crisis, how can we join the French and defend spending €50 billion on a policy that benefits wealthy landowners and does nothing to protect the environment, rages ecology columnist George Monbiot. 
The European Commission proposal to label oil produced from tar sands as highly polluting has been vetoed by London and The Hague. However, Trouw argues that it is not too late to defend the public interest. 
Can we reconcile a Western lifestyle with respecting the environment? Hardly, says the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". Voting for Green parties is not enough to resolve the contradictions faced by a growing number of Europeans, as evidenced by the Green surge in Germany. 
The major climate conferences aren’t just about CO2 emissions. They’re also about whether there are democratic ways to ward off an ecological catastrophe. Der Freitag champions environmental democracy over environmental autocracy. 
Power, hitherto held by parties, governments and parliaments, is passing into the hands of citizens’ movements of every stripe. Is this Hannah Arendt’s dream come true in which everyone participates in public affairs? asks historian Marek Beylin. 
In 2030, we may well be wearing clothes that offer a new level of physical well-being by adapting to the ambient temperature, and at the same time, respect our political convictions. Cafebabel.com reports on a heady blend of technology and ideology. 
Royal Dutch Shell is the world's biggest company, according to Fortune rankings. It's also more ecological, more transparent, and safer, its new directors proclaim. At the end of June, the Dutch weekly Vrij Nederland published a lengthy investigation of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant. A big carbon footprint, oil spills, and serious shadowy areas persist. Excerpts follow.