We need progressive governments that make people's real lives better - and then we will win support for environmental policies.

More than half of the Ecuadorian Amazon has been marked for oil drilling. The research took place in Quichua communities ...

Protesters depict ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ futures as they demand Andy Burnham, the British prime minister, reject new oil and gas ...

The movement includes advocates from environmental groups on both sides of the border, including the Sierra Club, Sky Island ...

The Ecologist Writers’ Fund has been established to support contributors to The Ecologist online who provide new content based on original research. We aim to pay £250 per article to help support ...

World food system could collapse without urgent action, experts warn. I’m worried about human survival now and when I talk about human survival, I don’t mean about future generations. Biodiversity ...

Arctic winter sea ice back in rapid decline after brief slowdown, say scientists. Short-term recoveries can temporarily obscure the longer-term direction. Arctic winter sea ice is back in rapid ...

Use of glyphosate has increased by near 1,000 per cent (or ten times) since 1990. In short, we poison our soils in the name of efficiency. Much like our diet, our soils need variety. A greater variety ...

A special investigation reveals the strategic and structural failings in the British Government's attempts to decarbonise our homes. Social movements and labour must unify climate action with ...

The uprooting and cutting down of over a million olive and fruit trees in occupied Palestine since 1967 is an attack on a symbol of life, and on Palestinian culture and survival, writes Dr. Cesar ...