From joining local groups to pushing for change on a larger scale, there are ways for individuals in the UK to make an impactIt can feel a little futile to be rinsing plates and fiddling with metal straws while the world literally burns. Most of us are…
Let’s say it without flinching: the fossil fuel industry is destroying our future | Simon Lewis
Following the unequivocal IPCC climate report, we must all put pressure on governments to end the fossil fuel eraThe sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is no ordinary publication. Its 4,000 pages were written by …
Firefighters battling wildfires to save homes on Greek island of Evia
Almost 800 firefighters fighting what the Greek prime minister called ‘a natural disaster of unprecedented dimensions’In scenes more resonant of war, trained firefighters backed by a ragtag army of local people waged a “superhuman” battle overnight to …
If Dante had filmed the Inferno on his iPhone, it would look like this | Francine Prose
If the Evia fire ferry video seems extraordinary, it’s not only because of what it shows but because of how it shows itTo have lived through the last few decades is to have, in our minds, an all too accessible video library of historical nightmares. Th…
Wild beaver numbers surge to 1,000 across Scotland’s southern Highlands
NatureScot hails conservation success but draws criticism after revealing 115 animals were killed under licenceWild beavers have colonised lochs and rivers across the southern Highlands of Scotland after a sharp surge in their numbers.A survey by Natur…
Hemp milk claims to be the greenest yet – but is it any good?
Newcomer on dairy alternative scene is vegan, sequesters carbon and increases biodiversityI’m sitting in my kitchen, about to try my first sip of a milk that is vegan, sequesters carbon and increases biodiversity. Dairy milk has a high carbon footprint…
Why salmonella is a food poisoning killer that won’t go away in the US
About 1.35m Americans a year fall ill from the bacteria. Why are there still so many infections?In my kitchen, I treat raw chicken as if it’s crawling with bacteria that could make me and my family sick. I use separate cutting boards for meats and prod…
Remember Obama’s drill, baby, drill, days? Democrats aren’t innocent on climate
Obama campaigned in climate poetry and then governed in fossil fuel prose. Joe Biden may well follow in his footstepsIf after Monday’s news you didn’t feel a pang of doom, you’re either a zen master, a recluse living in a news vacuum, or a nihilist. Th…
ティモシー・モートンが語る、パンデミックという「ハイパーオブジェクト」（前篇）
人間には「巨大すぎて不可知な」存在である「ハイパーオブジェクト」という概念を提唱し、リアリズム的なエコロジー思考を説くティモシー・モートンにとって、コロナウイルスはわたしたちが不浄で荒廃した世界の生態系「ダークエコロジー」の中で生きていることの証左だ。『自然なきエコロジー』で人新世の時代の新しい環境哲学を確立したモートンを訪ねた。
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Australia ‘lagging at the back of the pack’ of OECD countries on climate action, analysis finds
Australia ranks 20th or worse in seven of eight categories despite Coalition claim it is leading the way in reducing emissionsClaims by the Morrison government that Australia has done more to cut greenhouse gas emissions than other countries have been …