Editor, photojournalist & award-winning podcast producer for nonprofit news outlet @Mongabay. Member of Society of Envi Journalists & Vermont Center for Photography
Erik Hoffner
Worse than I thought.
I saw Kushner’s Albania resort up close — it is an environmental disaster.
The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Looking forward to watching how much musk hates answering to his shareholders
Great to hear that Canada has moved to welcome Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan to officiate #worldcup matches there
He was denied entry into the US by border agents, which was a real "own goal" by that administration & another black eye for its policies, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors. “We never thought that would happen here.”
“Rights of nature” initiatives face counterattacks, bans, corruption, cooptation by NGOs & — in some cases — sizable victories
New #RightsofNature Report rounds up the state of this 20-year old movement, which has made big strides
But didn't know that 4 US states [OH, FL, ID, UT] actually ban it:
Great piece by @bengoldfarb.bsky.social today at @mongabay.com about #wildlife crossings on roads
--> a global effort to reconnect ecological corridors so animals can find food, water, a mate — and escape increasingly frequent wildfires & extreme weather events: news.mongabay.com/2026/06/the-...
When languages go extinct, so does the ecological knowledge they contain. therevelator.org/extinction-l...
[Commentary] Urban wildlife species are not temporary visitors, but permanent residents.
To protect them, scientists must study how city environments alter their internal biology. The gut microbiome may be the most important, overlooked tool for understanding how animals adapt to human landscapes.
🚨 Experts suggest the #US framework for regulating #DeepSeaMining is basically being written on the back of a napkin. 🌊📝
If the safeguards are bare-bones before it even starts, imagine the oversight once the machines hit the seabed.
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The damage at Vjosa-Narta is not fake news. Bulldozers are tearing into one of Europe’s most precious wetlands.
The FCC wants to legally force telecoms to collect new and renewing customers' government issued identity number and physical address, impacting everyone from the privacy-conscious to domestic abuse survivors....
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This first edition of CELDF's State of Rights of Nature Report represents yet another important contribution from CELDF to those studying, documenting, or actively working for rights of nature.
More than 2,000 Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing this century — and with them we could lose vitally important traditional ecological knowledge.
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Cities are expanding faster than at any point in human history, and wildlife is adapting in remarkable ways. We often talk about visible changes like animals becoming bolder, shifting their diets, or…
This is part 2 of a two-part series examining the U.S.’s efforts to begin deep-sea mining in federal waters. Part 2 examines the regulations that would govern the industry. Part 1 explored the process...
A ruling by Brazil’s highest court allows a grain railway to cut through Jamanxim National Park.
The megaproject threatens Indigenous territories and key jaguar habitats in an area already heavily impacted by illegal land grabbing and deforestation.
@schroder.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.
Erik Hoffner
Simon Holmström
John R. Platt
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Brazil's Supreme Court ruling revives a controversial Amazon railway and sets a precedent about protected areas.
