THE ECOLOGIST

YESTERDAY

Free public transport via Montpellier

Universal free public transport in Montpellier, France, a runaway success.

APRIL 7. 2026

Trump's war on Iran and on the future

'This war isn’t just about control over oil. It’s about control over the future. '

APRIL 2. 2026

Sámi, energy and 'green colonialism'

Norway’s electrification plans are framed as climate action, but Sámi leaders say they threaten reindeer herding, land rights, and lack meaningful consultation.

MARCH 23. 2026

Oaks face 'slow burn' disaster

Britain's oaks facing multiple threats in a ‘slow burn' ecological calamity – report.

MARCH 19. 2026

Can Rio Tinto take responsibility for QMM?

Recent protests around Rio Tinto's QMM mine in Southern Madagascar are met with a company 'clarification'. But no one is any the wiser.

MARCH 18. 2026

Speeding towards climate breakdown

London’s car-centred transport policies turbocharge climate danger.

MARCH 17. 2026

Sound ideas

Podcasters show how philosophers are trying to upend the status quo in unexpected ways.

MARCH 13. 2026

Speaking truth to power

Can democracies still function when truth itself is destabilised?

MARCH 12. 2026

Fukushima at fifteen

The disaster is not over.

MARCH 10. 2026

Hell and - even higher water?

Sea level rise much worse than previously measured - raising fears of greater impacts from climate breakdown.

The night-time nectar bar

Let very hungry caterpillars nibble plants, gardeners urged in moth campaign.

Fishing trawlers net carbon costs

Scampi fishing in North Sea driving ‘invisible’ climate cost, scientists say.

'Border breaches risk meat disaster'

Lorries skipping border controls raising animal and plant disease risk, MPs warn.

MARCH 9. 2026

Indigenous activists smeared on socials

Social media weaponised to criminalise Indigenous leaders and climate activists in Guatemala.