Environment

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

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

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

ImpactBusiness, Environment

Uncovering Fiji Water: Continued Impact One Year Later

Nearly a year after its publication in Mother Jones, Anna Lenzer’s story on Fiji Water and the corrupt politics in Fiji is continuing to have an impact — now on leading thinkers like Ethan Zuckerman of The Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

George WarnerJuly 26, 2010

NewsEnvironment, Health

Lifesaving Drugs a Menace for Health Workers

Pacific Northwest-based investigative unit Investigate West just released a report on the dangers of chemotherapy drugs for American health-care workers.

George WarnerJuly 13, 2010

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