The mass release and shooting of pheasants trashes our ecosystems – and our humanity.
Category: environment and the natural world
The Bird Cage
The remarkable story behind the disciplining of a major charity shows how power really works.
Six Legs Good
My very amateur photos of some magnificant creatures in the French Alps.
The Unhowled Land
Without wolves or lynx, our ecosystems remain barren, depleted and overrun by proliferating deer.
The Mingling
How sea kayaking sustains me.
Scapegoat Season
Instead of addressing our multiple ecological disasters, those with power are attacking wildlife defenders.
Sacré Vert
French environmental action puts the UK to shame.
Down the Drain
Sewage pollution by the water companies is just one of the deadly attacks on our rivers.
Wealth of Nature
How has Costa Rica managed to restore its natural wonders, while big, rich nations fail?
Pipe Dream
Pumping water from one messed-up catchment to another solves nothing. We need to fix our problems at source.
Hard Landing
A self-perpetuating political spiral is blocking the easier ways of preventing environmental collapse.
Protection Racket
The more destructive the business, the more likely it is to enjoy political protection.
Malignant Growth
An obsession with economic growth is driving us towards catastrophe.
The Sacking of Britain
Liz Truss’s destruction of the fabric of our nation is not an accident. It’s the design.
Willing the End
On both sides of the Atlantic, powerful interests seem determined to trigger the collapse of life on Earth. Why?
Shit Creek
New revelations show how one of the most treasured rivers in Europe is being killed by intensive livestock farms.
Pirates of the North Sea
The government’s attempt to hide a toxic waste disaster heralds a new bonanza for organised crime.
Muckraking Journalism
When sewage treatment goes right, it’s just as harmful as when it goes wrong. Here are the shocking reasons why.
Carbon Colonialism
Predatory corporations are making a mockery of natural climate solutions, as they grab land and bamboozle the public.
Holey Ghosts
Powerful evidence suggests that fishing fleets are deliberately dumping their used nets and lines at sea, threatening the complete collapse of marine ecosystems.