Olivia is is a freelance writer with an interest in ecological and social justice. In 2017, she earned a master’s in art and politics from Goldsmiths, University of London. She now writes regularly for EcoWatch, and her work has also appeared in Real Life Magazine, the New Inquiry, and the Dissent blog. Follow her on Twitter @orosane
20,000 Ton Oil Spill in Russian Arctic Has ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ for Wildlife
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an emergency after 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled into a river in the Arctic Circle.
The accident is the second largest oil spill in terms of volume in modern Russian history, the Word Wildlife Fund (WWF) told AFP, as BBC News reported.
June 4, 2020
Judge Halts Keystone XL, Rules Trump ‘Cannot Simply Disregard’ Climate Science
Judge Brian Morris of the U.S. District Court in Montana ruled Thursday that the project cannot proceed until the Trump administration produces an environmental impact report that actually deals with the fact of climate change, The Huffington Post Reported.
November 12, 2018
How Artists and Neighbors Turned a Bomb Site Into a Medicine Garden
It was a fenced-off World War II bomb site that had rewilded, and a team of London artists decided it was the perfect place to grow a medicine garden. The site is in the middle of a social housing complex in the Bethnal Green neighborhood of Tower Hamlets, a London borough that has become the U.K.’s second most densely populated local authority, the basic unit of local government.
June 1, 2018