THE ECOLOGIST

MAY 22. 2026

Climate defeatism and moral abdication

From COP to cope: A review of Professor Clive Hamilton's 'Negotiating The End of the World', from Polity.

MAY 19. 2026

EV sales accelerate, petrol cars stall

‘Tipping point’ for electric vehicles reached in Europe and China.

MAY 17. 2026

Solar installations 'through the roof'

British Government data show that 27,607 solar arrays were added in March, bringing the total to more than two million installations.

MAY 15. 2026

Pig gas slaughter 'backed by ministers'

British Government reopens CO2 plant 'to sustain animal slaughter' despite calls for phase out.

MAY 14. 2026

The power of fungal networks

Fungal networks underpin ecosystems, regulate carbon flows and shape the health of soils worldwide.

MAY 12. 2026

'All politics is theatre'

Brecht to the future: a review of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertold Brecht, directed by Seán Linnen for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

MAY 11. 2026

British climate finance largess in Brazil

Climate funding given by Britain to Brazil comes with ambition but with less clear impacts for communities, forests and emissions.

MAY 8. 2026

Aden: a city in the crater

Aden’s volcanic origins, imperial encounters and contemporary environmental struggles.

MAY 6. 2026

Labour inaction on poison weedkillers

Campaigners call for ban on use of herbicide glyphosate at harvest.

MAY 5. 2026

The new economy of the Amazon

The Amazon is being drawn into financial systems that reshape how nature is valued, and how success is measured.

MAY 1. 2026

Paltry sales as shoppers shun cage eggs

Shoppers shun eggs from caged hens - but The Humane League UK warns government ban is still needed.

APRIL 28. 2026

I liberated a lobster and got crushed

How common wildlife myths were weaponised to crush a small act of resistance.

Ryan Gosling's flight of fancy

Project Hail Mary is the antinomy of Alien.

APRIL 27. 2026

Ofcom 'investing climate denial'

UK regulator responds to complaints of ‘dangerous climate lies’ broadcast by TalkTV and TalkRadio.