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 ...

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 ...

Environmental activists camping in ancient trees halt border wall construction. For us, hope is not lost because the land will regenerate. An activist had already been living in the upper branches of ...

What does the approaching El Niño mean for the world’s economies - and for us? Britain will be particularly badly hit: a quarter of the food we import is grown in the most at-risk areas of the world.

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 ...

'The diet we feed our soil determines the diet that soil feeds us.' ...

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 ...

How the citizens of Zenica, one of Europe’s most polluted cities, came together to fight against a polluting steelworks. ArcelorMittal originally failed to deliver on promises to reduce pollution from ...

Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats. Land is power in Colombia, and the struggle for land has been the main driver ...

First climate tipping point reached after coral reef diebacks, scientists warn. But we need to do more – and move faster – to seize positive tipping point opportunities. The world has reached its ...