Nearly 200 Activists Were Killed Defending the Environment This Year

In certain countries, attempting to protect the environment can be a death sentence. This year has seen the deaths of 185 environmental defenders worldwide.

A Lawyer Who Tries to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change

Steve Berman, who won a $200 billion settlement from tobacco companies in the 90s has set his sights on fossil fuel companies.

Future Historians Probably Won't Understand Our Internet

Archivists are working to document our chaotic, opaque, algorithmically complex world—and in many cases, they simply can’t.

Fijian villagers prepare for climate disasters

Three villages have already been moved and another 43 are set to be shifted, the country’s attorney general said last month.

Homes that are making us sick: Energy efficiency is part of the cure

The efficiency and design of our buildings is an even bigger public health issue than previously thought.

Just 20 percent of e-waste is being recycled

Nearly 45 million tons of electronics were thrown out in 2016. The value of the raw materials in that e-waste is about $55 billion, but most of that waste isn’t being recovered.

California, US, Warns People to Limit Exposure to Cellphones 

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in US is warning people, especially kids, to stay away from cellphones whenever possible.

Mapping the evolutionary history of a toxic sugar gene

The gene CMAH, that allows for the synthesis of a sugar called Neu5Gc, is missing from humans. This sugar is present in red meats, some fish and dairy products.

China Bans Imports of Recyclables

Struggling to process its own waste, China, the world’s largest importer of recycled goods, will no longer accept mixed plastic and paper from the rest of the world.

Photographer of the year: the best of 2017

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year.

Pollution is Why Children Risk Brain Damage

UNICEF has published a report and according to their studies, the brains of over 17 million children might be affected by pollution.

California US Climate Emergency

Fires continue to burn Southern California, and climate scientists have warned us for years that the region was entering a year-round fire regime.

Big Ag + Big Pharma = Big Problems

Farm animals in the US, such as pigs, cows, and chickens, receive more than 80 percent of the antibiotics sold in the States.

Exposure to harmful pesticides in Pakistan

Globally around 200,000 people die each year in the developing world due to organophosphorus pesticide poisoning.

Meteorologist warns of collapse of two Antarctic glaciers

Meteorologists warns that the collapse of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers in Antarctica could flood every coastal city on Earth.