THE ECOLOGIST

JULY 7. 2026

Sunshine insomnia

June’s record heatwave hit people’s sleep, health, work and schooling – survey.

JULY 6. 2026

Campaigners battle 'monstrous megalith' AI centre

Energy infrastructure company Xlinks unveils plans for data campus near Great Torrington, North Devon, England dubbed 'monstrous megalith' by campaigners.

JULY 1. 2026

Sugar giant faces court over deadly flood

Villagers from a remote part of Malawi get the go-ahead for a legal fight with one of the UK's biggest corporate giants.

JUNE 30. 2026

The renewables tricks

How governments use tricks and exaggerations to greenwash renewable energy statistics.

JUNE 29. 2026

Activists upstage climate institute launch

Protests hit week-long gathering "designed to inspire bold action on the climate emergency" at the University of Exeter.

Data centres cooling drives heatwave demand

Seasonal spikes in data centre water use pose a risk to water-stressed regions, despite tech industry claims, Environment Agency analysis shows

A legal catastrophe

How the contemporary global oil industry depends on Britain's archaic legal system to avoid accountability during the climate crisis.

JUNE 26. 2026

The heat is on

We need to learn to manage extreme heat - both in the short and long term. This means reducing carbon emissions now.

JUNE 25. 2026

Hot to go

UK sees new highest June temperature as records tumble for second day in a row.

JUNE 24. 2026

Privatising survival

Climate breakdown and the rise of flooding as a financial asset class.

JUNE 22. 2026

Bottom trawling activists getting boulder

Greenpeace planning fresh drop of boulders to disrupt fishing in protected areas.

Food bills hit by soil and climate crises

Household food bills ‘risk pressure from degraded soil and climate volatility’.

JUNE 19. 2026

War in the Amazon

The war the world refuses to recognise is unfolding in the Amazon.

JUNE 18. 2026

Selling oil at the mouth of the Amazon

A Brazilian fossil fueil giant’s PR machine goes into overdrive.