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...

Scientists at @projectceti.bsky.social record and listen to sperm whales off Dominica to decode their complex communication. The research is moving us closer to interspecies communication, opening up legal and ethical questions as well as opportunities for conservation, writes Georgia Good.

Beautiful writing about finding sanctuary in the night sky. A balm for a heavy week in a mad world. By @gabriel-furshong.bsky.social, in the Winter 2026 issue of @earthislandjournal.bsky.social.

Through unchecked resource extraction and fossil fuel consumption, “we’re doing nothing less than cooking ourselves,” writes @coxstan.bsky.social in today’s opinion column. The exit path is #degrowth, which would not only help us stave off collapse but also usher in a better, more beautiful world.

“Treating individual fish as interchangeable reinforces the belief that they are livestock at best, that there’s not much going on in the underwater world,” writes @tkdano.bsky.social in her Winter 2026 Beyond Human column. Read about her discovery of fish blindness and a desire to see.

Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

The solution to protecting loons from lead poisoning is straightforward, writes @cestmoilanglois.bsky.social. Yet efforts to educate anglers about the dangers of lead tackle and convince them to switch gear have hardly moved the needle. Why? In two words: gun rights. From @biographic.bsky.social

This past year ICE arrested and put zip ties on children Shot *priests* in the head with nonlethal rounds Raided an entire apartment building (which led to zero arrests) And today, proved Tim Walz right by shooting and killing a woman-a citizen-in Minneapolis Republicans When does it end

@billmckibben.bsky.social today in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social providing crucial perspective on US imperialism and #Greenland — namely on the country's two-mile-thick ice sheet and #climateaction the world could learn from. Republished from billmckibben.substack.com.

With Venezuela effectively “handing over” oil to the US, the Trump administration is now ramping up threats to acquire Greenland. But “there’s only one truly vital strategic asset in Greenland,” writes @billmckibben.bsky.social, “one thing that could change the world. And that’s the ice... ”

A bit of good news: An effort to turn California forests into a feedstock for biomass energy in the UK went down in flames, via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Who drops a feature two days before Christmas? I do. And I hope you'll read it! It's about a bird I love dearly, and how its survival has somehow gotten tangled up with American gun culture. Oh, and it's got some Mary Oliver in it. www.biographic.com/why-are-loon...

Joel Sartore is on a mission to photograph every last species living in the world’s zoos and sanctuaries — before it’s too late. @serenarenner.com offers a sneak peek of the photographer and his online Photo Ark, which invites viewers to discover both the wonder and fragility of nature.

Israel’s war and occupation in Palestine has damaged vast amounts of cropland. In the West Bank, a social enterprise is equipping farmers with the resources they need to cultivate their lands and establish autonomy over food production. @pragathiravi.bsky.social www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

To better understand the atmospheric rivers flooding Washington State and British Columbia — and some solutions for managing water more holistically, especially in former lakes and wetlands — check out my 2023 feature "A River Runs Above Us," published in the erstwhile Hakai Magazine. #AR #floods

After 175 years, @yuroktribe.bsky.social in Northern California is regaining ownership of a village site and section of Prairie Creek, where it will restore salmon, native plants, and Indigenous sovereignty. It's a first-ever co-management partnership with national and state parks on #triballand.

Excellent new @commsdeclare.bsky.social work out today - read the whole thing here: commsdeclare.org/wp-content/u... The Shell-funded education program urging students to 'design their own CCS' inspired me to re-share an original artwork of mine from a few years ago:

Our Winter 2026 print issue is out soon. Inside, you’ll find features about the post-wildfire future of a historic French wine region, one of the last oak groves in southern Syria, an all-women Maasai ranger team in Kenya, and more. Can't wait? Then subscribe! donate.earthisland.org/page/20964/d...

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

Our Winter 2026 issue starts rolling out online this week (with print copies coming soon)! And the magazine begins with a renewed call for the environmental movement to keep pushing toward justice and inclusion despite inevitable growing pains (and potential hit pieces by the likes of @nytimes.com).

In my pursuit to educate myself about Indigenous struggles in the US, I really appreciated today's feature in @earthislandjournal.bsky.social that traces the history of mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota — sacred to the Great Sioux Nation — and the current fight. #Thanksgiving #gratitude

🦇🦍🦉 Do you root for the weird, wild, under-appreciated species of the world? The slime molds and sunflower stars; the cormorants and caddisflies? So do we. And we need your help! A donation of any amount goes straight to supporting narrative journalism about biodiversity. Pls spread the word! 🐢🐛🌵

If you’re one of the millions of Americans aiming to score new electronics this #BlackFriday, "you might want to consider the real costs of that sale-priced gizmo," writes @vincebeiser.bsky.social. From environmental harm to child labor, the metals in these products cost far more than you think.

"Prime Minister Carney — who as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance described climate change as the world’s greatest existential threat— is juggling climate and economic priorities, with climate taking a back seat, despite the fact they are interdependent."

"Despite the difficulties getting everyone to agree on how to tackle climate change, real-world solutions are being implemented at speed almost everywhere." Love this #COP30 takeaway from @georginarannard.bsky.social. Just because countries aren't acting at scale doesn't mean the rest of us can't!

It's that time of year. Time to wonder: Why do we change the clocks? This story, originally published by @us.theconversation.com, centers an Indigenous approach to question why we "fight against our biological presets" to favor productivity when we "need winter to rest and summer to bloom."

Last week, as a who's who of climate scientists warned that global society is “hurtling toward climate chaos,” @billgates.bsky.social released a memo saying the opposite. As @jasondovemark.bsky.social writes, the memo is “standard issue delay, only now dressed in the good vibes of philanthropy.”

Bill Gates sure picked an interesting day to downplay the threat of climate change

Journalists and news outlets everywhere are invited to participate, even if they aren’t CCNow partners. Visit 89Percent.org to access links to the studies, a branding kit, and ways to get in touch about anything else you might need. Follow along on social media via #The89Percent.

UCLA now manages more than 90 percent of its grounds without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. The university has also worked to remove turf and dramatically increase plantings of drought-tolerant native species, one of a number of US campuses committed to rewiliding their school grounds.

Thought-provoking story by Fred Nadis about the possibility of bringing grizzlies back to California. And fun to help edit a piece so close to home (with the story's main editor Zoe Loftus-Farren) as one of my first duties with @earthislandjournal.bsky.social! www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

“The question is not whether Aboriginal title can exist over fee simple lands, but whether fee simple interests can exist on Aboriginal title lands,” said [Justice] Young. “In my view, the law has evolved, and the answer...is ‘yes.’” @zoeyunker.bsky.social @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

It’s true the ocean off the Central Coast is some of the richest in the world. But stressors like overfishing and climate change are threatening its productivity and the ways of life that depend on it. @serenarenner.com reports. 🌊

Sea stars—26 species—have been dying by the billions from Mexico to Alaska, their arms tearing off, their bodies dissolving, w/huge consequences for the sea. Experts finally figured out why— and gave @biographic.bsky.social exclusive access. Can we save them? www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

“[The] the mist is lifting, revealing not just the lay of the land (and sea), but the benefits of working together to protect the whole ecosystem.” 👀 On our radar: Uniting to safeguard the Great Bear Sea ✍️ @serenarenner.com @biographic.bsky.social

After a four-year investigation, a breakthrough study reveals the cause of sea star wasting disease (SSWD). A strain of the bacterium Vibrio pectenicida is the culprit behind the marine epidemic that has killed billions of sea stars since 2013. Read the study: 🔗https://tinyurl.com/4rcb3xpf

Important news in the California wildfire world. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

That new usual suspects (Curry, Spencer, Christy, McKitrick, Koonin) Trump EPA climate denier report? (www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...)? I asked chatGPT to evaluate it. It had no trouble producing a succinct and convincing refutation:

It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public This is like setting money on fire

“The burden of proof is always on First Nations and never on the Canadian government. That’s what needs to shift.”