Canada’s first ever #WorldCup win. And holy cow, WHAT a win! 6-0 including an own goal, thanks to CONSTANT pressure. Well done men, the roar in #Vancouver is huge, and the whole country’s celebrating! But a brutal looking injury to Kone, hoping for the best. Keep winning for Kone… #GoCanadaGo

@robertmoor.com's new book In Trees isn’t about tree biology or ecology,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social in this book review. It’s “pursuing something harder to wrap one’s arms around: the idea of trees.” This sets Moor on a globe-spanning tour of adventures, misadventures and hard-won wisdom.

Climate vs. Teeth. @earthislandjournal.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

In this interview with EIJ Editor in Chief @maureennandinimtra.bsky.social, veteran activists @anniemleonard.bsky.social and @acarothers.bsky.social discuss the power of protest, and why we need to exercise and defend this democratic right — now more than ever. Read our Summer 2026 "Conversation."

During her first pregnancy, writer Helena "Ellie" Huizenga knew she should pay attention to Salt Lake City’s air, which is often brown with smog, smoke, and dust. But ozone, a colorless gas, had never crossed her mind. Now pregnant for the second time, she sees ozone as a clear threat. Here's why.

From the “God Squad” making Endangered Species Act exemptions to new research on ocean currents, wildlife, and sea level rise, here are our Summer 2026 “Talking Points.” Plus: balcony solar comes to the US, Syngenta quits paraquat, and 5 countries that should brace for a possible “super El Niño.”

Our Summer 2026 print magazine will hit newsstands and mailboxes soon! In it, you’ll find stories on some surprising ways that heat affects the body; a feature on the return of wildlife to Mount St. Helens, a wild ride with the “Beaver God of Bavaria,” and more! www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

June 2026 marks the 5-year anniversary of the deadly Pacific Northwest “heat home.” At the time, Associate Editor @serenarenner.com was living in BC, where more than 600 people died. It was a wake-up call to the health impacts of extreme heat — which our Summer 2026 print issue sheds light on.

Huge congratulations to the six First Nations and all the project partners who worked tirelessly to establish this 6,700-sq-km reserve, one of the largest in the Great Bear Sea MPA network off the BC coast. This is a hopeful story about Indigenous-led conservation and intergenerational work 🌊🐟💙🦀🌲

Last week marked the 46th anniversary of the eruption of Mount St. Helens. Biologist & author Eric Wagner reflects on how the return of wildlife shows "how a community can assemble and reassemble itself in the aftermath of tremendous cataclysm." Enjoy this sneak peek of our Summer 2026 issue!

On the eve of Colombia's presidential election, environmental activist Yuvelis Morales Blanco urges us all to defend "our Mother." The 24-year-old has become the face of the youth-led anti-fracking movement in Colombia and earned a @goldmanprize.bsky.social. Read this interview by @serenarenner.com

Last month, the US House passed the new Farm Bill, and it includes a provision that would override animal welfare measures passed by states. In his Lookout column, @jasondovemark.bsky.social asks, “Is the whole conservative notion of states rights just a rhetorical cover for a retrograde agenda?”

I'm saddened to hear this news from my friends at @biographic.bsky.social (including former colleagues from Hakai magazine). This is a talented team that produces high-quality journalism about science and the environment — an increasingly rare breed. Please step up to support them if you can 🙏

Today is May Day, International Workers’ Day, when people march and strike to raise awareness about worker rights and the connection between those and other social and environmental issues. We're all about these connections, and even made a special issue in 2024! www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

The House has passed the #FarmBill, but not before it was forced to remove a measure, lobbied for by Bayer and other pesticide manufacturers, that would shield the industry from legal liability, thanks to sustained opposition from environmental and public health groups and #MAHA advocates.

🚨🚨 Journalism job! 🚨🚨 Come work with me on ProPublica's southwest team. job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...

The bond between the Lingít and herring has been evolving in Southeast Alaska for at least 10,000 years. Today, the Indigenous-led Herring Protectors are honoring the fish and its sacred place in the web of life through ceremony and healing. By Brooke Anderson, @movementphotog.bsky.social

When I started reporting out a podcast on the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial, accusing GP of fueling the Standing Rock movement, I had no idea the twists & turns the reporting would take. Here are some key documents I uncovered as I worked on SLAPP'd (THREAD) drilled.media/investigatio...

The cruelty continues. This is horrific.

"If nothing else, [space exploration] provides a chance for every person on Earth to see ourselves... from an out-of-this-world vantage point that might renew an appreciation for this singular planet of ours," @jasondovemark.bsky.social writes in this #EarthDay special.

In 2018, following a deadly heat wave in South Korea, Borim Kim founded Youth 4 Climate Action, which filed the first lawsuit in Asia against a government for failing to adequately act on the #climatecrisis. Kim won the #GoldmanEnvironmentalPrize for her leadership along with five other winners.

Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work* Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!

"The Roadless Rule doesn’t prevent fire management—it encourages managers to think carefully... Roadless areas are important backcountry wildlands w/ significant ecological, recreational, & wildlife habitat value." Great op-ed by a former MT forest supervisor. www.lewistownnews.com/commentary/o...

Vaux’s swifts migrate thousands of miles each spring and autumn. They spend 99 percent of their life in motion, and researchers have long questioned the biological rhythms of these murmurations. In this essay from our Spring 2026 issue, writer Astra Lincoln questions the spiritual rituals, too.

America's oil execs have pocketed $1.4 billion selling stock during the Iran war, the WSJ reports This cash windfall won’t go primarily toward yachts and private jets, but toward political campaigns and lobbying orgs dedicated to blocking climate policy and fueling authoritarianism

A new model for ocean protection is taking shape on Canada’s Pacific coast. British Columbia’s Great Bear Sea brings together 17 First Nations with federal and provincial partners to safeguard 102,000 sq. km of ocean. Read more: https://bit.ly/4tFzRrH ✏️: Serena Renner & 📸: Eli Wolpin

You have more in common with the people of Iran than you do with anyone in this administration, any member of the technocracy, anyone who is profiting from this war, or any billionaire. When you see Iranians forming human chains outside key infrastructure sites, you should feel a sense of kinship.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

We know it's hard to focus right now amid such devastation, but today is the last day in a short public comment period about the government's proposal to revoke a 10-mile buffer around New Mexico's Chaco Culture National Historical Park. If you care about this living cultural site, send a comment.

Incredibly honored to see my @biographic.bsky.social feature "Welcome to the Great Bear Sea" (edited by the talented @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social) on the long list for the Environmental Reporting category of the 2026 @oneworldmedia.bsky.social awards 🙏

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

The American West is facing historic levels of snowmelt following a warm winter and then a sweltering March heat wave — alarming scientists. In this @theguardian.com repost, senior reporter @gabriellecanon.bsky.social shares the grim realities of what the melt-off means for California and beyond.

The US-Israel war on Iran has drained the global carbon budget faster than the 84 lowest-emitting countries combined. “Burning up the annual emissions of Iceland in two weeks is something we really cannot afford,” Frederick Otu-Larbi tells @damiengayle.bsky.social for @theguardian.com.

It was rewarding to help edit this feature for the Spring 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social. Journalist KC Cheng documents Ukraine’s rich wild-food-gathering tradition that’s surviving in spite of, or maybe because of, the risks posed by the Russian invasion.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Earth Island Journal is seeking pitches for an upcoming special edition on education and the environment. Know of an incubation of environmental innovation? Censoring content that's threatening the climate movement? Surprising impact of global heating on learning? Message us!

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

In a poignant @earthislandjournal.bsky.social essay, @jasondovemark.bsky.social questions whether our upside-down world and politics might give rise to a new coalition against the "Machine" — the "rapacious capitalism, digital enclosure, and a hollowed-out culture that devalues life and spirit."

As EIJ Managing Editor Zoe Loftus-Farren was wrapping up our Spring 2026 issue, she noticed some common threads — namely violence against humans and violence against the earth, which are intimately connected. But so are “bravery and resilience under harsh, sometimes unimaginable, circumstances."

Our Spring 2026 issue hits newsstands soon! Inside, you’ll find Ukrainian mushroom foragers, Bosnian bee hunters, child farmworkers, murmurating swifts, paper-cut sea creatures, and unlikely allies against “the Machine.” Subscribe to our print issue today! donate.earthisland.org/page/20964/d...

When Robert Bullard began speaking about the connections between race and environmental harm, he was a voice in the wind. Now, these connections are widely recognized. To close out #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re revisiting our 2015 Conversation with Bullard, which feels all the more relevant today.

Today, @biographic.bsky.social published its first special issue: Conservation Enters a New Era One year after the Trump administration slashed biodiversity protections at home and abroad, people and organizations are figuring out where to go from here. www.biographic.com/conservation...

In the latest @earthislandjournal.bsky.social newsletter, I write about joining a local resistance group and witnessing the power of strangers ✊ donate.earthisland.org/page/email?m...

I spent 17+ years writing Letters FROM the Editor. So it’s kind of nice to write a Letter TO the Editor. Some thoughts of mine from the March edition of @theatlantic.com

While the public has been defending Minnesota against ICE assaults, Congress has been pushing for copper mining in the Boundary Waters. “Most Americans wouldn’t support it if they knew about it,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social. “The proposed pillage is happening under the cover of tear gas.”

“Community is being built,” says Chloe Maxmin of Dirtroad Organizing. “It’s not just showing up for the sake of showing up; it’s showing up because your community needs you.” In this Winter 2026 Conversation, Maxmin discusses how to connect across differences, and shares what else gives her hope.

A reminder that, while some of the damage that Trump & GOP are doing might seems temporary, the damage they're doing to the planet is permanent: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...