One girl's mission: can Lakshmi find clean water in Bangalore? – video
Once known as the City of Lakes, urban sprawl has destroyed 85% of Bangalore’s fresh water and pollution has ruined much of the rest. Can Lakshmi and her mother find clean water today? This film is a collaboration with UBC’s International Reporting Program series Surviving the City. More stories in this series: Can former Farc […]
To lead on climate, leave the ivy tower | Ralien Bekkers, Hillary Aidun, Emily Wier, Geoffrey Supran
On behalf of students and alumni from all Ivy-Plus universities, we call on our institutions to join the “We Are Still In” coalition America’s top universities expend considerable efforts to lead in the rankings, but last week they fell short—missing a critical opportunity to show moral leadership on climate change. If top schools want to […]
Dust on desert winds reduces air pollution
Study of Gobi sand blowing over east China finds air stagnates and human-made pollution rises when dusty winds die down People in China breathe more easily when dust-laden winds blow in from the Gobi desert. Paradoxical as it sounds, desert dust helps to keep human-made pollution down, a new study shows. Air pollution is a […]
London mayor issues emergency air quality alert amid heatwave
Rising temperatures and southerly winds expected to bring toxic air to large parts of England and Wales on Wednesday The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has triggered the capital’s emergency air quality alert as soaring temperatures combined with southerly winds are expected to bring dangerously toxic air to large parts of England and Wales on […]
Australia warned it has radically underestimated climate change security threat
Senate inquiry starts as report into political, military and humanitarian risks of climate change across Asia Pacific released As the Senate launches an inquiry into the national security ramifications of climate change, a new report has warned global warming will cause increasingly regular and severe humanitarian crises across the Asia-Pacific. Disaster Alley, written by the […]
Ten years ago Turnbull called out Peter Garrett on climate. What went wrong? | Graham Readfearn
After a decade of policy backflips and uncertainty, we are now being sold ‘technology neutral’ energy policy. But we need it to be discriminatory – and favour clean power Ten years ago today Malcolm Turnbull was getting stuck in to a debate in Parliament House with Peter Garrett about climate change. Climate change, said Turnbull, […]
New 'disturbance map' shows damaging effects of forest loss in Brazilian Amazon
Silent Forest Project map reveals urgent need for conservation protections ‘It is terrifying to see the Amazon degraded to this extent,’ scientist says As Brazil’s government steps back from Amazon conservation, the urgent need for stronger protection has been made more apparent by a new data map that highlights the knock-on effect of the forest’s […]
Not so green: how the weed industry is a glutton for fossil fuels
Producing a few pounds of weed can have the same environmental toll as driving across America seven times – harming cities’ and states’ plans to curb emissions As he opens the steel door to the jumble of his office, located in a cloistered warehouse on the west side of Denver, Paul Isenbergh is barking down […]
How do we build an inclusive culture for disabled cyclists?
A new survey confirms the use of bicycles as mobility aids and the frustration felt when disabled cyclists are told to dismount Last week, my charity Wheels for Wellbeing published the results of a national survey of disabled cyclists which is, to our knowledge, the first of its kind. The results largely confirmed our suspicions, […]
On the run from the armed cattle rustlers of rural Kenya – in pictures
As drought grips parts of Kenya, cattle theft has become increasingly violent, with people forced to take refuge from the gun-toting bandits who steal livestock Rustlers, bandits and gun runners: the gangs vying for cattle in Kenya All photographs: Will Swanson Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change