InvestigationEnvironment Drugs in the System There are half a million foster kids in the U.S. and they’re prescribed antipsychotics nine times more often than their counterparts. Does this unregulated system financially reward overmedication? Sarah Fitzpatrick & Mar CabraNeed to KnowJanuary 7, 2011
InvestigationEnvironment Risky Business: EPA Builds List of Potentially Dangerous Chemicals The EPA is preparing a list of pollutants that contribute to neurological disorders; some compounds on their list are ubiquitous in household products, drinking water, medicine, and within the environment. Sheila KaplanPolitics DailyDecember 21, 2010
AnalysisEnvironment, Politics The Race for Waste Space Why worry about the next billion years when there’s money to be made right now in Texas? Laray PolkDecember 7, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Indonesia’s Billion-Dollar Climate Experiment Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests? A close look at a new UN program to reduce deforestation around the globe. Robert EshelmanMother JonesDecember 6, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Fiji Water Relents Fiji Water announced today that it will re-open its factory at 8 a.m. Wednesday, less than 48 hours after brusquely dismissing its Fijian workforce… Anna LenzerNovember 30, 2010
NewsBusiness, Environment Fiji Water Threatens to Shut Down Operations Fiji Water announced today that it will close its operations in Fiji in response to a water extraction tax hike proposed by the Fijian government… Anna LenzerNovember 29, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Against the Grain President Obama supports billions of dollars in ethanol subsidies, arguing in part that it boosts rural economies. But the evidence shows it only benefits large-scale industrial production and cornbelt politicians — not local American farmers. Heather RogersWashington MonthlyOctober 26, 2010
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, World Will Ecuador Forego an Oil Bonanza? Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth, is home to remote Indian tribes. It also sits atop a billion barrels of oil. Kelly HearnYale Environment 360September 13, 2010
AnalysisBusiness, Environment Worker Abuses Abound in Oil Cleanup Scandal Unthinkably, another oil rig has exploded off the Gulf Coast. No one died in the explosion that occurred around 9 a.m. this morning, but there have been conflicting reports of worker injuries. An oil slick a mile long and 100 feet wide has already been spotted… Marissa Colon-MargoliesSeptember 2, 2010
InvestigationEnvironment, World Tanzanian Highway Threatens the Serengeti One of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles, the annual wildebeest migration, is jeopardized by plans to build a highway right through the Serengeti. Jesse DukesGlobal PostAugust 19, 2010