THE ECOLOGIST

JULY 20. 2026

Decarbonising our homes

A special investigation reveals the strategic and structural failings in the British Government's attempts to decarbonise our homes.

JULY 16. 2026

Porpoises and puffins impacted by bottom trawlers

Bottom trawling bans needed to protect porpoises and puffins as well as seabed: new report.

JULY 15. 2026

TV must showcase real animal lives

Why misleading portrayals of farmed animals on television matter.

JULY 14. 2026

Heatwaves will scorch British economy

Think tank estimates future costs of heatwaves to 2030 at least £25bn.

JULY 13. 2026

In service of the Earth

Professor Herbert 'Herbie' Girardet recently retired as a trustee of the Resurgence Trust, owner and publisher of The Ecologist. Here, we examine his contribution to environmental thought.

JULY 12. 2026

Our climate change casualties

Deadly climate impact: 2,700 heat-linked deaths in recent heatwaves, experts say.

JULY 7. 2026

Sunshine insomnia

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

Heatwave 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.