THE ECOLOGIST

JANUARY 30. 2026

Protected areas oil exploration 'shocking, irresponsible'

Britain is world’s worst offender for letting fossil fuel companies drill in protected areas.

JANUARY 29. 2026

Biodiversity loss 'threat to security'

The British government’s own security experts join the dots between nature loss, security and the wellbeing of society.

JANUARY 28. 2026

Nuclear industry 'is fizzling out'

Investors take note: nuclear power has spent 25 years in stagnation, while renewable energy has seen unprecedented growth.

JANUARY 26. 2026

Tourism takes toll on ancient seagrass

The Mediterranean’s hidden forests are under siege from tourism.

JANUARY 23. 2026

Bunker billionaires on a burning planet

Capitalism is driving ecological destruction and social upheaval. Is it a death cult, and can we escape it?

JANUARY 22. 2026

Sana'a under siege

How Yemen's war devastates water and ecosystems.

Museum climate school materials funded by Shell

Fossil fuel companies regularly use cultural and educational sponsorships to influence public perception.

JANUARY 20. 2026

The road less travelled

Young people in Azerbaijan are leaving the country for jobs and the excitement of the cities. But Murad decided to head in the opposite direction.

JANUARY 19. 2026

'Kinship can save us'

Conservation must move beyond protection to kinship, restoring our reciprocal relationship with the living world to heal both people and our living planet.

JANUARY 18. 2026

Save our snow - ban Olympic fossil fuel ads

The Winter Olympics killed tobacco sponsorship - can it do the same for fossil fuels?

JANUARY 16. 2026

The green passion pay gap

A passion pay gap - where professionals accept lower pay because they care deeply about the work - is undermining net zero goals.

JANUARY 13. 2026

Warm words won’t free hens

The British Government has launched a consultation for banning the use of cages for laying hens.

'Focus on the richest polluters'

The super-rich are disproportionately responsible for driving the climate crisis - Oxfam.

JANUARY 12. 2026

Locked out of nature

Why England’s countryside remains off-limits - and the movement fighting to open it up for everyone.