Environment

Waves of change — Made by two surfers from the north-east of England, 'The Big Sea' exposes the unlikely link between wetsuits and a small town in Louisiana where the risk of cancer is 50 times the national average for the United States.

Written by: Sam Haddad

No M65 — Adrian Fisk recalls documenting the fight in Newbury to prevent the felling of 350 acres of pristine ancient woodland to make a motorway bypass.

Written by: Isaac Muk

‘Save our seas‘ — Swimmers and local residents are escalating their battle against the UK water industry with some refusing to pay their bills to Southern Water, reports Sam Haddad.

Written by: Sam Haddad

Taken for a ride — As workforces are summoned back into the office, a new campaign is calling for half of all fares to be covered by employers. We ought to see commuting as unpaid labour, argues writer Ella Glover.

Written by: Ella Glover

New frontiers — A new book featuring work from the likes of Dawoud Bey, William Eggleston and Dorothea Lange unpacks the role photography has played in shaping our ideas about conservation, expansion and exploitation of the environment.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Futures before fossil — A group of teenagers from Australia are suing the government over a coal mine extension. Win or lose, it’ll make a profound difference across the world to similar cases fighting to make climate change a children's rights issue.

Written by: Lucia Osborne-Crowley

A fight for survival — In 1971, photographer Claudia Andujar began photographing the Yanomami – an Amer-Indian tribe living on the border of Brazil and Venezuela. In the years that followed, their existence came under serious threat.

Written by: Miss Rosen

The Fightback: Climate — Individual solutions will not solve this mess as long as energy companies still ravage the environment.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Drilling is killing — This week three Scottish activists climbed aboard a rig in Dundee harbour to highlight the country’s continued dependence on planet-killing fossil fuels. Here, they explain the critical reasons why they did it.

Written by: Extinction Rebellion Scotland

Grassroots action — Hope for the Future is a climate charity which works to equip communities, groups and individuals across the country to communicate the urgency of climate change with their local politicians. Here, a team member explains why grassroots action is an essential part of getting climate change at the forefront of the political agenda.

Written by: Georgina Collins