While the rest of the world endures the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Australia’s mining resources boom is insulating the island continent from its worst effects. But the mining boom has a dark side: open cut mines are literally swallowing up entire communities, reports Peter Hackney.

Blaming over-population for climate change and encouraging women not to have babies is not only disingenuous, it’s isolating for young environmental activists, writes Katie McKay Bryson.

The modern global economy doesn’t just run on fossil fuels; above all, it runs on inequality: the principle that some people are worth more than others, while yet others are worthless. And an ever-growing mountain of evidence indicts inequality as the real driving force behind all the harms, and more, that have finally led to climate change, writes Bob Hughes.

Sustainable building biology that doesn’t factor in humans’ health results in hazards in homes, writes Alanna Moore.

Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are ‘deeply concerned’ about impacts that will likely span ‘several decades’, writes Dahr Jamail.

Environmentalists need to be aware of ‘greenwashers’ – so-called ‘progressives for immigration reform’. These nativists are not about protecting the environment but rather radically restricting immigration, writes Mark Potok.