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Mirador: a mine full of mirages

David Dene

Julio Prieto

EnvJustice

| 18th February 2019

China is investing in the massive Mirador mining project in Ecuador - at great risk to human life and the natural environment.

Iraqi protesters at the British Museum slam BP

Staff Reporter

| 18th February 2019

The biggest protest in the 260 year history of the British Museum took place at the weekend.
Growth, Brexit and plant agriculture

Staff Reporter

| 18th February 2019

Alternative agriculture production methods in the UK are now vital, and will be discussed at a conference in London this April.
Politicians schooled by climate strikers

Bruce Davis

| 15th February 2019

Children are striking today because climate is not just changing, it is approaching crisis and emergency.
Pupils have 'human rights to strike' for climate

Alex Morss

| 15th February 2019

Thousands of children face fines from schools for striking for climate action - but protest is a human right.
Denial - how climate contrarians fooled the media

Richard Black

| 15th February 2019

In a rational society, evidence would form the basis for both policymaking and media discourse.
Why we need 'ecolocracy'

Brendan Montague

| 15th February 2019

Ecolocracy is a 'green print' of how to run an organisation based on natural systems.

Change makers

Critical moment in deforestation fight

Nicole Polsterer

| 14th February 2019

The public has until February 25 to have their voices heard in the European Commission’s public consultation on deforestation.

Gove proposes Juniper as chair of Natural England

Marianne Brooker

| 8th February 2019

Michael Gove is taking a step in the right direction by suggesting Tony Juniper as next chair of Natural England.
Deportation protestors spared jail

Catherine Early

| 8th February 2019

Activists who locked themselves to a plane to prevent deportations given community orders and suspended sentences.
Rosia Montana and corporate courts

Nick Meynen

| 6th February 2019

Social movements in Rosia Montana have been defending the village against a giant gold mine project for the last twenty years.
Reclaiming control of Indonesia’s oceans

Salena Tramel

| 1st February 2019

Indonesian activists are building a global movement to resist the financialisation and privatisation of the world’s oceans.
Urban agroforestry in Budapest

Paloma de Linares

Vincent Liegey

| 1st February 2019

Degrowth cooperative Cargonomia has created an edible, organic public garden in the heart of the city.
Protecting the Peruvian Amazon

Laura Furones

| 31st January 2019

Peru's pioneering forest inspection agency should have its independence restored and its remit extended.

Thought Leaders

Fracking was always doomed to fail

Chris Saltmarsh

| 13th February 2019

The fracking industry was doomed to fail from the start and now activists are putting the final nail in its coffin.

Climate change and deep adaptation

Rupert Read

| 8th February 2019

Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.
Veganism: a masculine choice?

William Gildea

| 4th February 2019

Men are less likely than women to be vegan, but veganism can help individuals express their masculinity.
India’s 'airpocalypse'

Lauri Myllyvirta

| 31st January 2019

Pollution levels in nearly 250 cities exceed the government’s ambient air quality standards, new data shows
‘Healthy reference diet’ - what you need to know

Joanna Lewis

| 30th January 2019

The recent EAT-Lancet report has garnered mixed responses so far but here are the five things you need to know about the 'healthy reference diet'.
Britain, Brexit, nuclear power and EU energy

Joseph Dutton

| 29th January 2019

The decision to postpone constructing a new nuclear plant in Wales has left a hole in the UK’s post-Brexit, low carbon energy plans.
Nuclear decommissioning era approaches

Jim Green - Nuclear Monitor

| 29th January 2019

A decline in the number of power reactors and escalating battles over reactor lifespan extensions and decommissioning approaches.

Science & systems

Capitalism 'has become a force of evil'

Brendan Montague

| 13th February 2019

'The pursuit of profit has taken priority over people, over the environment, over everything.'

Rewilding and human nature

Brendan Montague

| 6th February 2019

The British Ecological Society has published a new book on rewilding.
Climate justice, ethics and action

Samuel Hayward

| 5th February 2019

Challenging individual consumerism must occur in synchrony with critiquing broader capitalist systems.
Banned toxins found in young dolphins

Brendan Montague

| 4th February 2019

Dolphins are passing toxic PCBs to their young, study finds.
The circularity gap

Harald Friedl

| 31st January 2019

A new report outlines measures for transitioning to a circular economy.
Highway threatens Bolivian national park

Fiona Wilton

| 30th January 2019

Tragically, the Bolivian Government has backed down from its once-lauded support of the Rights of Mother Earth.
Citizen scientists and bee populations

Julian Vigo

| 28th January 2019

Citizen scientists are collaborating with researchers across Canada and the United States to monitor the effects of neonicotinoids on bees.

Resurgence & Ecologist

Inspiring films for environmentalists

Angie Burke

| 21st January 2019

The world through the lens of environmental activist Satish Kumar, founder of the Resurgence Trust

Where human and animal meet

Huw Wahl

| 15th January 2019

Peter Mettler and Emma Davie's film 'Becoming Animal' tests the boundaries of perception.
The connecting thread

Alice Kettle

| 11th January 2019

A cultural heritage project at the Whitworth Gallery shows solidarity with refugees and displaced people across the world.
Born to be wild

Kate Blincoe

| 10th January 2019

Kate Blincoe heads out to watch a seal rookery.
Where the gas is greener

Marianne Brown

| 9th January 2019

Marianne Brown speaks to the founder of Ecotricity, Dale Vince.
The definition of happiness

Russell Warfield

| 8th January 2019

Russell Warfield meets feminist academic and author Lynne Segal.
Courage: Resurgence & Ecologist out now

Marianne Brown

| 4th January 2019

Introducing the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine.

Unearthed

India’s 'airpocalypse'

Lauri Myllyvirta

| 31st January 2019

Pollution levels in nearly 250 cities exceed the government’s ambient air quality standards, new data shows

UK to ditch overfishing safeguards after Brexit

Crispin Dowler

| 30th January 2019

Decision not to adopt EU legal duty to end overfishing from 2020 came after fishing interests asked for target to be watered down.
Trump targets UK food and environment rules

Lawrence Carter

Zac Boran

| 22nd January 2019

American negotiators urged to push the UK into scrapping regulations on pesticides, genetically-modified crops, and the production of chicken and meat products
Indonesia and Malaysia lobbied UK over palm oil

Joe Sandler Clarke

| 7th December 2018

Indonesian and Malaysian officials tried to push the UK government to lean on supermarket Iceland after it announced it would cut palm oil from its own-brand products.
Nature watchdog 'not independent' says chair

Emma Howard

| 26th November 2018

Unearthed: England’s national conservation advisor is no longer independent from government - its outgoing chair told MPs last week.
Will Brexit hatch chlorinated chicken?

Damien Kahya

| 20th November 2018

Brexit, backstops, transitions, free trade agreements. What does it all mean for our food, and for animal welfare?
UK blocks maritime reform

Joe Sandler Clarke

| 20th November 2018

Move to open up International Maritime Organisation stopped by UK as it ‘could lead to outside influence'.

Clear on Climate

Pupils have 'human rights to strike' for climate

Alex Morss

| 15th February 2019

Thousands of children face fines from schools for striking for climate action - but protest is a human right.

Denial - how climate contrarians fooled the media

Richard Black

| 15th February 2019

In a rational society, evidence would form the basis for both policymaking and media discourse.
Swedish shipping industry to go fossil-free

Megan Darby

| 14th February 2019

Sweden’s shipping sector is preparing to end the use of fossil fuels domestically by 2045, in line with national climate goals.
Shell bombarded with climate legal threats

Staff Reporter

| 14th February 2019

Environmental and human rights campaigners write to oil giant Shell threatening legal action in bid to stop catastrophic climate breakdown.
Fracking was always doomed to fail

Chris Saltmarsh

| 13th February 2019

The fracking industry was doomed to fail from the start and now activists are putting the final nail in its coffin.
Russia reviews ratification of Paris Agreement

Natalie Sauer

| 11th February 2019

A report on formally joining the climate deal is due for completion by the end of the month, while a key industry lobby has reversed its opposition.
Climate change and deep adaptation

Rupert Read

| 8th February 2019

Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.

Fakenomics

Greenhouse science deniers throw stones

Mike Small

| 6th February 2019

A row has broken out over the apparent lack of disclosure of a conflict of interest by Lord Deben, who heads of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

Trump advisor pushing Brexit deregulation

Chloe Farand

| 30th January 2019

John Bolton is president Donald Trump’s pro guns, pro war national security advisor. He is cheerleading for the UK to leave the EU and cut 'red tape'.
Lawson steps down as 'chief denier'

Chloe Farand

| 18th January 2019

Climate denier and founder of Global Warming Policy Foundation steps down.
Solidarity rejects climate science consensus

Chloe Farand

| 11th December 2018

Solidarity, the Polish trade union, denied the UN conclusions on the dangers of global warmingIn a joint statement with Chicago based trade union bashing right wing Heartland Institute.
'Time is running out' says oil chief - in 1965

Sharon Kelly

| 28th November 2018

The climate change warning is clear and dire — and the source unexpected.
Lawson's deniers handed $177k by US donors

Mat Hope

| 27th November 2018

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) received hundreds of thousands in US donations in 2017, recently published tax returns show.
Brazilian foreign minister is climate denier

Karl Mathiesen

| 16th November 2018

Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro names anti-globalist diplomat to lead on foreign affairs and the Paris Agreement.

Ecologist recycled

Mining in the UK: Part I

Dawn Stevenson

| 4th February 2019

The UK Government and industry players are looking to revitalise domestic mining, placing communities and ecosystems under threat.

Davos and 'capitalist time'

Gareth Dale

| 22nd January 2019

How does capitalism condition the ways in which we measure, imagine and weaponise time - and what does this mean for our future?
Children need sensitive climate change education

Sue Hampton

| 25th September 2018

Children feel the threat of climate change and want to drive radical action to safeguard their future - so we should too, argues children's author SUE HAMPTON.
Biospherics, the noosphere and our future

Mark Nelson

| 6th September 2018

Biosphere 2 was a radical experiment and inspired with its vision of how the technosphere and biosphere can be brought into harmony.
Kichwa people defend indigenous territories

Bethany Pitts

| 13th August 2018

The Ecuadorian government is in the process of auctioning off eight million acres of largely virgin rainforest to oil companies.
'Community is the way to sustain life'

Fritjof Capra

| 30th April 2018

'Ecoliteracy' is urgent and necessary if we are going to build resilient and sustainable human communities.
Planet’s first plastic free aisle is unveiled

Sian Sutherland

| 28th February 2018

Shoppers at Amsterdam's Ezoplaza today have the pick of more than 700 plastic free products.