Blue Earth Defense – Global strongly condemns the endorsement of the proposed nickel mining project on Sibuyan Island by the Municipal Council of San Fernando, Romblon. At a time when communities...
Bright Green Lies: Exposing Greenwashing and the State of Renewable Energy in the Philippines Date: July 18, 2026Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Manila Time (adjusted to accommodate the full program)...
Earthquake Response Report | As of June 23, 2026 Following the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Maasim, Sarangani on June 8, thousands of families across Sarangani...
By Michael Beltran / Mongabay PASUQUIN, Philippines — Crouched on the beach under the hot noon sun, a fisherman flattens a black sheet of seaweed on a bamboo mat rolled out on the sand. Wearing a...
Palestine defenders decried Tuesday’s announcement by the Trump administration of US sanctions targeting four nonviolent campaigners involved in the recent humanitarian flotillas that tried to break...
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: YOUNG RELATVES ARE CALLING FOR THE MASSES TO SHOW UP AND PROTECT Ṗe’Ṡla Mining has begun at the Sacred Ṗe’Ṡla, the Heart of Everything That Is. Our young Oglala relatives are...
We are not defending the planet, we are the planet defending itself. https://youtu.be/6TQ4ZRgqlU8?si=zqqHRh9jx7JYq-9R Photo by Mara F on Unsplash...
The window to act is now / By DarkSky Staff In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations, is reviewing...
Location: Brgy. Talipusngo, Maragondon, CaviteProject Area: 64 hectaresProponent: Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. Prime Integrated Waste Solutions Inc. (PIWSI), also referred to as Prime Waste...
How a ‘Powerful Vision’ on Whales and Oceans Could Change Worldviews Māori scientist Daniel Hikuroa reflects on an Indigenous-led declaration recognizing whales as legal persons, challenging the...
Blue Earth Defense (BED) is officially launching Shared Ground: “Grounded voices. Collective learning. Shared futures.” A BED Learning Session in 2026 — a regular learning space rooted in grassroots...
By Max Wilbert / Biocentric Last week, I wrote about the different ways that governments and corporations use covert and overt forms of repression against revolutionaries, activists, and community...
Blue Earth Defense is a network of grassroots advocates, communities, and movements committed to defending life on Earth from the threats of extractivism, greenwashing, and systemic inequality.BED...
An estimated 650,000 of them have flooded the centre of Manila to protest, amid fury over a spiralling corruption scandal in which billions of dollars in flood mitigation funds have evaporated...
By Bong S. Sarmiento / Mongabay SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — It’s been three years since production began at a coal mine in the mountain village of Ned, some 1,500 kilometers, nearly 1,000 miles...
By Kristine Sabillo / Mongabay The Philippines has officially designated a new marine protected area after an 18-year campaign by local communities, fisher associations, civil society...
The Permanent Mission of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands has formally described the environmental destruction in Gaza as ecocide, citing that less than 5% of agricultural land...
As an environmental news organization, Mongabay closely tracks the social and ecological impacts of mining. Beyond raising awareness and inspiring other media outlets to cover this topic and...
By Shanna Hanbury / Mongabay Efforts to rewild landscapes across Europe and North America could be making global biodiversity loss worse by shifting environmental destruction to poorer, more...
BANGKOK — Cambodian journalist Ouk Mao, whose reporting on illegal logging has seen him attacked both physically and legally, was arrested May 16. Ek Cheat, Mao’s wife, spotted an unmarked white Lexus...
The Occupation of Palestine Start again from the beginning Redazione Piemonte Orientale13.02.25 / Pressenza We are Biellesi per la Palestina libera (Citizens of Biella for a Free Palestine), and we...
BY JULIA BARNES Image by TJ Fitzsimmons Can you imagine a mine so large it would span the continental United States? An industrial project this size is currently being planned. It is the first...
BY JOSHUA CLINTON This article was originally published in Counterpunch. Image by Cameron Venti “To build a green future, in the next couple of decades the world will need to mine more metal than...
BY JULIA BARNES This article was originally published in Counterpunch. Image by Julia Barnes Even as the ocean struggles under the assaults of industrial fishing, ocean warming, pollution, and...