The best Environment newsletters

London Centric is a reader-funded local news outlet publishing original investigations and court reporting about London's power structures, infrastructure and public safety. Readers get long-form, on-the-ground reporting, plus occasional behind-the-scenes updates on the publication itself.

Investigative and advocacy-driven reporting on U.S. public lands policy, covering Forest Service decisions, congressional legislation, and court rulings. Includes a Congressional Public Lands Scorecard grading members of Congress on their votes.

A weekly newsletter (also a short podcast) from climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe's circle offering climate science explainers, good news and solutions. Issues mix personal reflections, guest essays and event roundups with practical ideas for taking action.

Weekly essays by ecologist Jonathan Tonkin on biodiversity, climate and water, mixing analysis of global reports with personal reflection. Readers get a scientist's perspective on conservation progress alongside thoughts on attention, family and living well while caring for the future.

HEATED publishes opinionated climate journalism that scrutinizes fossil fuel industry deception, conservative media framing of climate science, and political myths about climate solutions. Issues combine reporting on legal documents and scientist interviews with plain-spoken commentary and updates on its companion podcast.

Personal essays on wildlife, plants and wild places, written from a naturalist's perspective in Vermont and beyond. Readers get reflective, lyrical writing on noticing the natural world, plus commentary on issues like AI in nature writing.

Essays by a writer examining European policy through economics and innovation, covering EU environmental rules, energy decisions like the Dutch Groningen gas wells, and AI safety incidents. Readers get sharp, opinionated arguments that draw on specific data and historical detail.

A Substack by a writer with 26 years of rainforest conservation and Indigenous community experience, covering nature, wildlife, Indigenous cosmology, consciousness and planetary health. Issues mix long-form place and culture essays, art and cultural features, and personal updates on the newsletter's structure and archive.

Environmental journalism covering climate, biodiversity, and sustainability, mixing news analysis, guest op-eds, and explainers. Readers get context on policy events such as elections and UN conferences alongside fact-based roundups.

A UPSC exam preparation newsletter offering method-driven analysis of previous year questions, current affairs linked to the syllabus, and practice for Prelims, CSAT and Mains. Each issue explains a current news story and how it maps to UPSC topics, with exercises and study strategies.

Erin Brockovich and Suzanne Boothby cover the national water crisis, toxic chemicals and local environmental health threats, with a current focus on data center opposition and ballot measures. Issues combine news roundups, local examples, civic action links and calls for reader stories.

A physician-written newsletter that explains climate change, biodiversity loss and extreme weather through the lens of human health, using medical analogies to debunk myths. It also covers public health issues such as vaccines and measles outbreaks.

A weekly roundup of good-news environmental and climate developments, such as battery and electric truck growth, wildlife population data and conservation successes. It also includes longer interviews, such as with a Kazakh rewilding expert.

Campaign newsletter from a UK wildlife protection group covering threats to British wildlife, including wildfires, hunting and animal welfare incidents. Readers get news-style updates on current cases and calls to action.