THE ECOLOGIST

TODAY

Hope as a radical act

How to envisage an aspirational world we would truly want to inhabit.

YESTERDAY

Hell and high water

Green campaigners and fire union warn of rising flood threat with ‘800,000 more homes at high risk’.

FEBRUARY 23. 2026

That Ceaușescu moment

The British government has come down hard on climate protesters, but juries are finding the courage to uphold justice again.

FEBRUARY 19. 2026

Food brands break Frankenchickens promise

Burger King, Wagamama, KFC walk out on Better Chicken Commitment and set up welfare-washing Sustainable Chicken Forum in its place.

Brazil’s growing water crisis

Scientists warn Brazil is entering a hidden water crisis with global consequences.

FEBRUARY 17. 2026

In defence of the oil industry

Britain, colonialism and the military: the true cost of our dependence on fossil fuels.

FEBRUARY 13. 2026

Time to act on animal welfare

Two decades later: it’s time to put the animal back into the Animal Welfare Act.

FEBRUARY 10. 2026

The hidden cost of beef

Brazil’s Cerrado is being transformed by industrial agriculture - with British trade playing a direct role in the loss of water systems, biodiversity and climate stability.

Shell shock for Dutch climate policy

Shell sues Netherlands for billions in secretive ‘corporate court’ over Groningen gas field closure.

FEBRUARY 9. 2026

Starmer's 'sneaky' animal rights protest ban

Animal testing protest ban is a defeat for animals, humans - and science.

FEBRUARY 6. 2026

Green to red?

The inside story of how the Green Party embraced ecosocialism.

FEBRUARY 5. 2026

All you need is love

We need to establish a dominion of love on this precious planet Earth: A love manifesto.

FEBRUARY 3. 2026

Water for sale: from the Thames to the Amazon

Polluted rivers, collapsing ecosystems and communities left adrift. And now Britain’s water privatisation concept is being exported to Brazil.

FEBRUARY 2. 2026

Will Rio Tinto leave Madagascar a toxic legacy?

Rio Tinto might be considering selling off its share of operations at a massive ilmenite mine in Madagascar this week. But will it walk away from its history of contaminations?