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The 'liquid gold' argan oil industry is now dominated by international companies.
Argan oil co-operatives in Morocco 'pushed to margins'
Morocco’s women co-operatives lose out as argan oil becomes global cosmetic must-have.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The 'liquid gold' argan oil industry is now dominated by international companies.
The world’s largest banks carry more than $1.6 trillion in credit exposures to coal, oil and gas production and fossil-fuel power.
A trillion dollar climate risk
New research shows fossil fuel exposures of the world’s 60 biggest banks.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The world’s largest banks carry more than $1.6 trillion in credit exposures to coal, oil and gas production and fossil-fuel power.
"Bringing family farming and agroecology to the forefront at COP30 shows that another production model is both possible and necessary.”
COP30 shines spotlight on sociobioeconomy
This year's UN climate talks will feature traditional food sourced from family farming for the first time.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"Bringing family farming and agroecology to the forefront at COP30 shows that another production model is both possible and necessary.”
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Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
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Private jet tax should be sky high
Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
theecologist.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
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Time to bring the lives of animals into the heart of our climate decisions
'Animals matter as we plan our world'
Why animal welfare belongs in planning permission decisions.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Time to bring the lives of animals into the heart of our climate decisions
Shady private courts protect corporate interests from public action on climate change.
COP30 'must declare an end to ISDS’
British fossil fuel investors claim more than twice as much money as government has paid in climate finance.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Shady private courts protect corporate interests from public action on climate change.
How Rachel Reeves could introduce a meat tax in her budget and curb climate emissions and improve public health.
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A meaty budget proposal
How Rachel Reeves could introduce a meat tax in her budget and curb climate emissions and improve public health.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How Rachel Reeves could introduce a meat tax in her budget and curb climate emissions and improve public health.
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Big banks are quietly abandoning their climate commitments.
Green capital - don't bank on it!
Global banking climate group to stop operations after member exodus.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Big banks are quietly abandoning their climate commitments.
When we hear that 'nature is under threat' - that includes us.
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When we hear that 'nature is under threat' - that includes us.
Barclays has bet billions that the world won’t take serious action on climate change.
The real power brokers
We won’t get real climate action while big polluters are overseeing government departments.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Barclays has bet billions that the world won’t take serious action on climate change.
The government is poised to fast-track potentially disastrous data centres
Hyperscale data centres will 'turbocharge emissions'
Planned obsolescence: why fast-tracking data centres through the planning system is a disaster in waiting.
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The government is poised to fast-track potentially disastrous data centres
"How land is managed is a key part of tackling climate breakdown and reversing biodiversity loss."
Law 'will incubate' rewilding nation
New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans - in ‘big step towards a rewilding nation’
theecologist.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"How land is managed is a key part of tackling climate breakdown and reversing biodiversity loss."
Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/24/...
theecologist.org/2025/nov/24/...
Private jet tax should be sky high
Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
theecologist.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Possible is calling on British chancellor Rachel Reeves to start taxing private jets fairly in the upcoming budget, a move which could raise up to £2.7bn in tax revenue.
theecologist.org/2025/nov/24/...
theecologist.org/2025/nov/24/...
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Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, Equinor, Petrobras, everyone’s diving into Brazil for more oil & gas. Apparently the climate crisis just isn’t moving fast enough for them!
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Brazil Tries to Balance Oil Growth With Climate Goals
As the country hosts the COP30 climate conference, its oil fields are producing at record levels, with activity ramping up.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Exxon, Chevron, BP, Shell, Equinor, Petrobras, everyone’s diving into Brazil for more oil & gas. Apparently the climate crisis just isn’t moving fast enough for them!
www.energyintel.com/0000019a-765...
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Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach as the only way to halt the vanishing of UK wildlife
Tackling the climate crisis is impossible without adequate funding. Since Trump took office, at least $18 billion has been stripped from climate finance
'Change is happening, it's just painfully slow'
COP30: climate course-correction or collision?
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tackling the climate crisis is impossible without adequate funding. Since Trump took office, at least $18 billion has been stripped from climate finance
Doom and denial are both leading us astray. So how do we fight back in a world of 1.5°C warming?
'Ideas for navigating a stormy future'
Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C is released 10 years after the landmark Paris climate agreement.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Doom and denial are both leading us astray. So how do we fight back in a world of 1.5°C warming?
“The food we eat, that’s ecosystems. Climate regulation, that’s ecosystems. Protection from extreme weather events, that’s ecosystems.”
'If ecosystems go, we go'
Ecologists call for ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“The food we eat, that’s ecosystems. Climate regulation, that’s ecosystems. Protection from extreme weather events, that’s ecosystems.”
"Landowners have locked the public out, cutting off access to these magical places"
River access pledge 'too small a step'
Right to Roam slams British government plan for access to nine rivers as too little - and too complex.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Landowners have locked the public out, cutting off access to these magical places"
Birds living 'a life of intense misery': Campaigners slam KFC's animal welfare record
KFC chickens suffering 'on rise'
Fast food venue KFC chickens suffering increases - according to the company's own report.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Birds living 'a life of intense misery': Campaigners slam KFC's animal welfare record
Investments in fossil fuel extractor and border industry companies have been banned
Edge Hill divests from climate wreckers
Edge Hill University will not invest in fossil fuel extraction or border security companies - in victory for People & Planet campaigners.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Investments in fossil fuel extractor and border industry companies have been banned
Morocco’s women co-operatives lose out as argan oil becomes global cosmetic must-have.
Argan oil co-operatives in Morocco 'pushed to margins'
Morocco’s women co-operatives lose out as argan oil becomes global cosmetic must-have.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Morocco’s women co-operatives lose out as argan oil becomes global cosmetic must-have.
These foods are not just products, but represent the history of the community
COP30 shines spotlight on sociobioeconomy
This year's UN climate talks will feature traditional food sourced from family farming for the first time.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
These foods are not just products, but represent the history of the community
The ‘doughnut model’ of economics was inspired by the Planetary Boundaries, a diagram drawn up by a group of researchers in Stockholm to identify the planet’s life-support systems
The ringmaster
As Kate Raworth's doughnut economics model turns 13 years old, she has launched both a peer-reviewed paper and a circus.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The ‘doughnut model’ of economics was inspired by the Planetary Boundaries, a diagram drawn up by a group of researchers in Stockholm to identify the planet’s life-support systems
UK investors have claimed £19 billion in fossil fuel-related cases – almost twice as much as the international climate finance paid by the British Government
COP30 'must declare an end to ISDS’
British fossil fuel investors claim more than twice as much money as government has paid in climate finance.
theecologist.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK investors have claimed £19 billion in fossil fuel-related cases – almost twice as much as the international climate finance paid by the British Government