Police in North Dakota used rubber bullets, chemical sprays and water cannons in freezing temperatures Sunday night against opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert Packard has more. Download Audio The protesters, who call...
Five U.S. Senators, led by former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, asked President Barack Obama Thursday to suspend all construction permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline and halt work on the nearly 4 billion dollar,...
Canada’s government has approved a massive, multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas project the same week scientists warn the Earth’s climate has passed a grim milestone. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio The earth hit...
In Africa, wildlife groups say rising ivory prices are accelerating the poaching of endangered elephants. The Kenya-based group Save the Elephants reports prices have nearly tripled in recent years driving a wave of poaching...
The Fort McMurray wildfire, nicknamed “The Beast,” has grown to more than 550,000 acres and continues to burn across the north east of the Canadian province home to the tar sands. An evacuation order...
In Nevada, one of the sunniest states in the U.S., the rooftop solar industry that was thriving only a year ago is effectively dead. It was killed in a controversial decision by the Nevada...
A massive wildfire in the tar sands region of Alberta, Canada continues to rage. The entire town of Fort McMurray, with more than 80,000 residents, is already emptied. Extremely hot and dry conditions led...
It’s been exactly six months since the Fundão Dam in Brazil’s historic mining district of Mariana collapsed, unleashing a torrent of muddy mine waste known in the industry as “tailings” – 62 million gallons...
All photos by Andres Camacho. Hear/read his accompanying radio report here. Click any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
The United Nations marked this year’s Earth Day by bringing world leaders to its headquarters to officially sign onto the climate pact hammered out late last year in Paris COP 21 talks. Nell Abram...
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