Earth Island Journal

Print and online journal dedicated to thoughtful journalism about environmental and other intersectional issues. Send pitches to [email protected].

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Morning all! Earth Island Journal is moving over to Bluesky. We will stop posting on this platform starting the New Year. Thank you for staying with us so far. Please follow us on @earthislandjournal.bsky.social

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The winter solstice has passed and Christmas and Hanukkah are upon us. As we approach the new year, here’s a roundup of the best and the worst environmental news of 2024, and the issues that will likely ripple out into 2025. https://t.co/nlEJ6fcwKz

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Don't miss this discussion between Journal Editor Maureen Nandini Mitra, essayist & journalist Lauren Markham, and journalist & author Jason Mark on the power of words and how the mere act of remembering can be action.
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With rapidly evolving battery technologies and build-out of electrification infrastructure, it’s imperative that legislators address battery waste and pollution. California can lead the way. @GAIAnoburn
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Is our best conservation strategy really to assume one species can live only if another dies? In most cases, there’s room enough for everyone if we commit to giving every species what it needs to survive. https://t.co/iBo9nObg2a

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A global treaty on plastic pollution has been in the works since 2022. Negotiations stalled earlier this month, but environmental advocates and Indigenous people aren't giving up on a strong and equitable agreement. @PlasticPollutes https://t.co/so7gLB1lWz

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From using art to save Washington’s salmon to promoting equitable climate education in the US South, these young people are working for a more sustainable future. @BrowerYouth
https://t.co/uBMJ8njN8q

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The environmental consequences of the war in Ukraine are far-reaching, and include extensive damage to the country's national parks and a recalibration of how those parks can support soldiers. Here are four of the conservationists persevering in their work https://t.co/7Ochxl97mj

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Roishetta Sibley Ozane is committed to curtailing petrochemical development in the Gulf, the world’s largest petrochemical refining corridor. "I’m going to keep going until my last breath,” she says, “until I can’t fight any more on this side of life.”
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Wikie and her son Keijo, the last two captive Orcas in France, have never known life beyond tiny concrete holding tanks. Animal rights activists are fighting to change that. @MarineMammalOrg
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Stay up on the latest environmental news with our quarterly "talking points." The latest has updates on the shuttering of Britain's last coal plant, the first wave to receive legal rights, & the billions in oil money infiltrating the global sports industry https://t.co/mqzcMdMbWe

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"Yes, the road ahead will be tough. There will be loss and pain and suffering... But if we keep up the work of sowing and nurturing the seeds of justice, compassion, and love, eventually beauty will re-emerge from this chaos." https://t.co/QFPfA67jre

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This year, consider celebrating a different kind of holiday. In California, the Indigenous People’s Thanksgiving Sunrise Ceremony is an annual celebration that spotlights 500 years of Native resistance to colonialism. https://t.co/SSH7GGzL2v

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In Canada's Sea to Sky region, residents continue to fight against the development of LNG projects that could damage their coast and waters. Now they face a $5 billion threat. https://t.co/dNav0suGew

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In California, UC Berkeley is moving toward #sustainable land management on campus. That means eliminating dangerous #pesticide use and using other green practices. Learn more through our partner Terra Verda and @kpfaradio.
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"Stabilizing the climate quickly enough to prevent catastrophe is going to be expensive, but ... we nonetheless have the money. Or, rather, the global rich have the money, and – one way or another – they are going to have to pay." https://t.co/Upavz3TaHU

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As climate change makes water more scare for Kenya's Maasai, girls must spend more time collecting it, leaving them with less time for school. https://t.co/ISqJRGyio1

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In the absence of a federal climate policy, US Democrats at COP29 have maintained a studiously sunny disposition, emphasizing the historic climate-related subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act and the climate leadership of states. https://t.co/Szaz3x1Feq

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As the climate crisis accelerates, an older generation of activists is building on decades of protest experience to mobilize environmental protection and awareness. https://t.co/WCdu9A87C0

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The Balkan lynx, already threatened by poaching and, in recent years, by inbreeding, competes with scavenging bears for food. And wolves. And boars. Now, they seem to be competing more and more with stray dogs. https://t.co/StiqOu6VI6