Nearly 3,000 trees are to be felled during the construction of oil and gas pipelines in northeast India, in protected areas that are home to endangered species such as the western hoolock gibbon and white-winged duck.
Analysis: Earth Day, and the media’s point of view
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In 1970, CBS and ABC devoted virtually their entire evening news broadcasts to coverage of the first Earth Day, with profound effects on politics and society.
Analysis: What challenges face Chile’s new ‘environmentalist’ government?
President-elect Gabriel Boric’s new government must address issues of decarbonisation, water crisis and lithium nationalisation, all while rewriting the country’s constitution.
Analysis: US 2020 Election – A new generation is making climate change a local election issue
In Florida, Michigan, and Oregon, three Millennial Democrats believe climate action will be a winning issue with conservative voters.
US 2020 election: Tom Steyer – the billionaire with a climate agenda who wants to take on Trump
Who is Tom Steyer?
The politician who wanted to frack in London now bans it in the UK
As the UK places a moratorium on fracking its prospects look more pessimistic than ever before.
Book review: What we’re fighting for now is each other, by Wen Stephenson
Jeremy Williams reviews What We’re Fighting for Now is Each Other.
Rick Ridgeway: Every business should have a purpose other than economic growth
Patagonia’s Rick Ridgeway lays out his vision for why entrepreneurs should go down the route of sustainability.
Climate Change: Why Conservative ideas need more traction – interview
In this exclusive blog, Alex Diggins talks to Eamonn Ives, a Researcher at one of Britain’s leading think tanks, Bright Blue, to discuss its policy work, the fragmentation of the environmental message, and why conservatives should be intuitive custodians of the planet.
Book review: The Right to be Cold, by Sheila Watt-Cloutier
In The Right to be Cold, Sheila Watt-Cloutier, details the striking personal account of environmentalism in the North.