Carbon Colonialism: How The Fight Against Climate Change Is Displacing Africans

Carbon trading—one of the biggest weapons touted by governments and business in the global fight against climate change—could end up killing the planet. In Africa, human rights campaigners say, it is already killing people.

Nafeez Ahmed
By Nafeez Ahmed
Carbon Colonialism: How The Fight Against Climate Change Is Displacing Africans

Carbon trading—one of the biggest weapons touted by governments and business in the global fight against climate change—could end up killing the planet. In Africa, human rights campaigners say, it is already killing people.

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Chilean Farmers And Foreign Mining Firms Face Off Over Andes Gold

Massive fines from the Chilean government brought the multi-billion dollar mining project to a halt. Could an agreement between the Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold and some indigenous groups get the project back on track?

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Chilean Farmers And Foreign Mining Firms Face Off Over Andes Gold

Massive fines from the Chilean government brought the multi-billion dollar mining project to a halt. Could an agreement between the Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold and some indigenous groups get the project back on track?

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Worldwide, Tobacco Regulators Monitoring Philip Morris Lawsuit Against Uruguay

The tobacco giant’s lawsuit against Uruguay is a key example of the growing trend of multinational companies using trade agreements and mechanisms to circumvent national legislation — even legislation meant to protect public health.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron
Worldwide, Tobacco Regulators Monitoring Philip Morris Lawsuit Against Uruguay

The tobacco giant’s lawsuit against Uruguay is a key example of the growing trend of multinational companies using trade agreements and mechanisms to circumvent national legislation — even legislation meant to protect public health.

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Experimental Green Energy Project Threatens Local Ecosystem

An experimental tidal power project could generate clean energy without leaving behind a major footprint for 120-plus years, yet residents are worried about what effect it will have on the local fishing industry that’s sustained the community for generations.

Christine Graef
By Christine Graef
Experimental Green Energy Project Threatens Local Ecosystem

An experimental tidal power project could generate clean energy without leaving behind a major footprint for 120-plus years, yet residents are worried about what effect it will have on the local fishing industry that’s sustained the community for generations.

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Ebola And ISIS: A Learning Exchange Between The UN And Faith-Based Organizations

In both sets of cases, there are realities of overstretched service providers seeking to respond, in real time, to rising death tolls and collapsing state-run services.

Azza Karam
By Azza Karam
Ebola And ISIS: A Learning Exchange Between The UN And Faith-Based Organizations

In both sets of cases, there are realities of overstretched service providers seeking to respond, in real time, to rising death tolls and collapsing state-run services.

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EPA Finally Updating Pesticide-Use Guidelines For Farm Workers

Advocates say a draft of the updated Worker Protection Standard is imperfect, but still offers greater protections to laborers in one of the country’s most hazardous industries.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron
EPA Finally Updating Pesticide-Use Guidelines For Farm Workers

Advocates say a draft of the updated Worker Protection Standard is imperfect, but still offers greater protections to laborers in one of the country’s most hazardous industries.

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Oil, Gas Sites Spewing Airborne Chemicals Far Above Federal Standards

Formaldehyde and benzene are among the compounds being released into the air around the country’s oil and gas sites at up to hundreds of times the limits deemed safe by the federal government. More alarmingly, these sites are also releasing entirely unknown compounds.

Carey L. Biron
By Carey L. Biron

Formaldehyde and benzene are among the compounds being released into the air around the country’s oil and gas sites at up to hundreds of times the limits deemed safe by the federal government. More alarmingly, these sites are also releasing entirely unknown compounds.

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