Bank of England hints at £900m lifeline for BP - a decade after its gross negligence led to one of the worst environmental catastrophes in living memory.
BP 'bailout' a decade after Gulf of Mexico Kennedy Walker | 21st April 2020 News Coronavirus Climate Breakdown Bp Editor’s Picks deepwater-horizon.jpg Bank of England hints at £900m lifeline for BP - …
'The question was whether to die of hunger or coronavirus.'
Lockdowns and starvation Jonathan Neale | 21st April 2020 News Coronavirus Editor’s Picks 800px-lockdown_vadodara_01.jpg 'The question was whether to die of hunger or coronavirus.' All around the …
A comprehensive Green New Deal restores local jobs, benefits communities is effective in the fight against environmental breakdown.
After coronavirus Prof. Rick Stafford Abigail Croker Dr Peter JS Jones | 23rd April 2020 Comment Coronavirus Green New Deal Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks …
The protests by public health workers for PPE hold portents for how we globally respond to the threat of climate breakdown.
Remember the dead: fight for the living Jonathan Neale | 23rd April 2020 Comment Coronavirus Workers' Rights Charles Koch Editor’s Picks 94468551_10159743083879573_1598090393776291840_o.jpg The …
The right is in the ascent as we face the coronavirus crisis and climate breakdown. What vital lessons can we learn from our history of resistance?
… the risk of genocide. And Trotsky’s acknowledgment of how close humanity was to disaster … his readers to see every movement as Judgment Day, every second as an opportunity to …
Metaphors structure our thinking and shape our solutions. We need a careful and progressive vocabulary for communicating about coronavirus, so let's stop talking of war.
We are not at ‘war’ with coronavirus Bec Sanderson Dora Meade | 5th May 2020 Comment Coronavirus Covid-19 Crime War Metaphor Narrative Communication Comms Editor’s Picks …
Indigenous communities in Latin America are paying a high price for defending biodiversity, but we have so much to learn from their practices.
The guardians of biodiversity Ulrike Prinz | 7th May 2020 Comment Biodiversity Amazon Indigenous Peoples Editor’s Picks International Food And Farming …
'We need a new deal for our public services. The only Coronavirus recovery that will work is one that builds back better, for nurses, for our NHS, and for our planet.'
Public calls for pay rise to support nurses Marianne Brooker | 12th May 2020 News Nurses Fair Pay Nurses United Build Back Better Green New Deal Editor’s Picks internationalnursesday-001.jpg 'We need …
Deng Yingtao presented a scathing critique of economic growth thirty years ago - finally we must listen.
China’s coal-fuelled boom Simon Pirani | 14th May 2020 | Comment China Coal Energy Captalism Deng Yingtao Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-05-13_at_17.43.36.png Deng Yingtao presented a scathing …
Two insecticide types - in addition to neonicotinoids - continue to pose a threat to aquatic life in Japan.
Broad-spectrum insecticides in Japan Phil Carter | 26th May 2020 News Japan Fipronil Neonicotinoids Pollution Pesticides Insecticides Editor’s Picks rice_terrace_in_japan.jpg Two insecticide types - …
Europe's resolve to act against the Bolsonaro government’s environmental crimes appears to be strengthening.
EU agricultural imports and deforestation Nicole Polsterer | 28th May 2020 News Editor’s Picks Deforestation Brazil Amazon EU Agriculture Imports International …
Legacies of environmental racism in the United States, Canada and the European Union have left historically marginalised communities at greater risk from Covid-19.
Covid-19 and environmental racism Louise Montgomery | 29th May 2020 News Covid-19 Coronavirus Environmental Racism Editor’s Picks 16014096015_e493b0d7f0_5k.jpg Legacies of environmental racism in the …
Home insulation appears to have dropped off the government’s to-do list, but it is essential to protecting people from cold, home power cuts, and hunger.
We need home insulation, not more roads Frances Sleap Ruth London | 29th May 2020 News Fuel Poverty Heating Homes Health Covid-19 Coronavirus Editor’s Picks 7y2a1495-2-1024x683.jpg Home insulation …
A new article presents the largest analysis of environmental conflicts up to date with findings that have direct implications for enhanced support of environmental defenders.
Environmental conflicts and defenders EnvJustice | 2nd June 2020 News Environmental Conflicts Environmental Defenders Envjustice Editor’s Picks …
The mining industry has abused the pandemic to turn a profit and advance their interests, putting land and water protectors at greater risk of harm.
Mining industry profits from pandemic Hannibal Rhoades | 3rd June 2020 News Mining Covid Capitalism Mineral Extraction Post-extractivism International Editor’s Picks No es No. Photo: Nicolas Palacios …
'Buoyed by our present solidarity, let us look to Ireland’s own historical fights to protect the environment and each other.'
Human beings are not a virus Sinéad Mercier | 9th June 2020 News Covid-19 Coronaries Capitalism Colonialism Ireland Irish History Anti-nuclear Editor’s Picks screenshot_2020-06-08_at_19.20.53.png …
'We have the opportunity to make sure that recovery from coronavirus also means the new normal benefits people rather than driving profit.'
Social justice central to Covid-19 recovery Mike Childs | 9th June 2020 News Covid-19 Social Justice Build Back Better Friends Of The Earth Editor’s Picks 23704757855_ec31a8e7dd_k.jpg 'We have the …