Latest Ecology

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  Fitz: Challenge Capitalist Use of Agriculture as a Weapon of Domination

  It is time to take action against corporate methods of agriculture which poison the food our families eat
• Parenteau: FEMA Ignores Puerto Rico’s Chance to Build a Clean Energy Grid

  FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead
• Campesina: Food Sovereignty, a Manifesto for the Future of Our Planet

  Food Sovereignty offers a manifesto for the future, a feminist vision that embraces diversity
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  Wilkins: ‘Half-Measures Are No Longer Enough’

  "The United States can restore its position as a global leader in conservation and prevent many of these extinctions, but it must take swift action that matches the extent and scale of the problem."
• Joshi: Solar panels on half the world’s roofs could meet its entire electricity demand

  Rooftop solar has huge potential to alleviate energy poverty and put clean, pollution-free power back in the hands of consumers worldwide
• Parenteau: Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid

  But FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead
• Bacher: Governor Asks Urban Users to Reduce Water Use As Nut Growers Suck Up Water

  “These industrial nut farms—more than 2 million acres of them—are getting enough water during the drought to produce a near-record crop, mostly for export.” 
• Corbett: Fossil Fuel Demand Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels

  "So much for 'building back better' and a 'green recovery,'" said youth climate leader Greta Thunberg
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  Monbiot: Level Down

  The living world is being hit by everything at once: the only way to stop our full-spectrum assault on Earth systems is to reduce our economic activity
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  Wilkins: Keep Oil and Gas in the Ground,’ Say Fossil Fuel Foes as Spill Ravages California Coast

  "We cannot forget that no matter what stage in the process... oil is dirty and dangerous to both our climate and our ability to simply breathe freely every day."
• Cruz: Biden EPA’s Clean Car Standards Fall Short Even of 2012 Standards

  Clean car standards actually save us money at the pump by increasing fuel efficiency
• Ashwill: Constructive Criticism Rooted in Respect: A View from Vietnam

  Vietnam and its natural world need all the help they can muster from Vietnamese and expats who call Vietnam home. To try to effect positive change is the ultimate sign of respect
• Amir AghaKouchak, & Amir AghaKoucha: Avoiding water bankruptcy in the drought-troubled Southwest

  What the US and Iran can learn from each other
• Motavalli: The NIMBY Threat to Renewable Energy

  In Vermont, everyone loves clean energy—when it comes from someplace else
• Germanos: New Climate Analysis Shows Near Total Global Failure to Meet 1.5°C Targets

  "An increasing number of people around the world are suffering from ever more severe and frequent impacts of climate change, yet government action continues to lag behind what is needed."
• Åkerson: Maya Activist Groups Fight to Protect Indigenous Territorial Rights

  The land defenders’ struggle continues a 500-year effort to protect a living landscape beset by ongoing extractive colonialism
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  Fishman: Brazil’s Indigenous Groups Mount Unprecedented Protest Against Destruction of the Amazon

  Brazil’s largest-ever Indigenous protest came amid efforts by Jair Bolsonaro and his allies to pave the way for industry in the Amazon
• Dray: Letter Carrier: Air Quality Is a Union Issue

  Letter carriers can play a role in monitoring air quality, as well as checking in on elderly populations vulnerable to heat stroke and other climate maladies in store, as part of an expanded vision for a democratic, union, public postal service
• Ferner: There Is No “Fixing” This Industry

  Nothing changes until people start talking about it and that’s exactly what our group is provoking
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  Hynes: The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Near-Meltdown is a Lasting Tragedy

  Decades of research have shown that there is no safe level of radiation, according to the National Academy of Sciences. Any exposure to radiation increases an individual’s risk of developing cancer
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  Monbiot: The gift we should give to the living world? Time, and lots of it

  Planting 10 saplings does not replace a twisted old oak. ‘Slow ecology’ is the only way to preserve and restore ancient habitats
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  Lerner: Leaked Audio Shows Pressure to Overrule Scientists in “Hair-on-Fire” Cases

  When industry wants a chemical safety assessment done yesterday, EPA managers classify it as “hair on fire.”
• Denning: Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

  How communities develop infrastructure, social and economic systems, planning and preparedness can make them more resilient – or more vulnerable – to extreme events
• Molvar: Why Regenerative Farming Works and Regenerative Ranching Fails

  The reality is that the only way to improve land health, soil regeneration, and even livestock weight gain is to significantly reduce the overall intensity of livestock grazing on the land
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  Monbiot: Britain’s rivers are suffocating to death

  Water that should be crystal clear has become a green-brown slop of microscopic algae because of industrial farm waste