Environment

book cover of Eyes of Fire

Forty years after agents from France’s secret service bombed the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior as it was moored in Auckland Harbour, Aotearoa New Zealand, award‑winning journalist David Robie has released a fully updated anniversary edition of his book Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior, writes Ben Radford.

The NSW Court of Appeal overturned the 2022 Independent Planning Commission’s approval of MACH Energy Australia’s proposal to expand its Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter Valley. Jim McIlroy reports.

Flooded street

US President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to vital government agencies responsible for climate research and natural disaster preparation and response mean an independent mass climate movement is more important than ever, writes Barry Shepphard.

Esteban Mercatante book cover and cleared land

Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante about his new book, Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis.

people including children at a mine site in the DRC

Phil Hearse investigates the links between the genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the struggle for control over critical minerals.

Man in a hat

Two years after Peruvian revolutionary and ecosocialist Hugo Blanco’s death at 88, his daughter, María Blanco — an activist and organiser with grassroots feminist collective Género Rebelde — sat down with Ben Radford to talk about her father’s life and legacy.

The major parties’ support for salmon farming and native forest logging means that there has been virtually no mainstream discussion about mitigating climate change and a just transition for workers and the environment. Solomon Doyle reports.

Ecosocialism 2025 organisers are excited to announce that the conference will host the biggest delegation of Asia-Pacific activists to the conference since 2019. But we need your help. Fred Fuentes reports.

Wilderness Australia is calling on NSW Labor not to join the federal Australian Carbon Credit Unit scheme, and instead prioritse real emissions cuts. Isaac Nellist reports.

Turning the Ship, the new Rising Tide film about last November’s People’s Blockade of Newcastle coal port, was launched by 300 people in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.

Three activists from Stop Burrup Hub were given suspended sentences or community service, with the judge recognising the altruistic nature of their action in letting off stink gas at Woodside. Colin Hughes reports.

NSW Labor’s 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.