Eco Files
Alleen Brown investigates the shadowy forces fueling the climate crisis and stories of the people who stand in the way.

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May
18

Eco Roundup: Body Cam Footage Exposes the Narrative War Behind An Indigenous Activist’s Arrest

Today we have another experiment in collaboration! A version of this post is also being published in Drilled's
8 min read
May
13

Why Genocide in Gaza is the culmination of “a systemic extraction of resources”

Welcome readers! As most of you know, Eco Files up until now has only published articles by me, Alleen Brown.
6 min read
Apr
18

How a Burmese Documentary Filmmaker was Forced into Hiding During Minnesota’s ICE Crackdown

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15 min read
Mar
10

On why it's Counterinsurgency for Enbridge to Pay Wisconsin Police to Confront Pipeline Protests

Hey friends, I know we’re all glued to war on Iran news right now, and you might be tempted
11 min read
Jan
30

On Strike and You Can, Too

A national shutdown mean some things don't get done – like me scrambling to put together a newsletter on
Dec
31

The New Years Eve 'Terrorist' Threat That Wasn’t?

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
13 min read
Nov
30

Eco-Roundup: Violent Ideas

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
8 min read
Oct
29

Eco-Roundup: A Trump Target List of Environmental Organizations

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
15 min read
Sep
30

Eco-Roundup: Could climate conspiracy theories be doing the work of divide and conquer?

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at
9 min read
Sep
08

Who Is Envelope Man? Plus a SLAPP'd Reading List

Fall has begun and the entire season of SLAPP’d, the podcast I worked on for the past year, is
9 min read