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Olya Melen doesn’t think small. In her first-ever court case, the young Ukrainian attorney challenged a massive canal project proposed...
Controversy still rages on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the nuclear power-plant accident in Chernobyl,...
Today is the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine. And in remembrance, I bring to you a...
The winners (left to right): Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor, Yu Xiaogang, Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva, Anne Kajir, Olya Melen, and Craig...
In the northern Brazilian state of Pará, where the mouth of the Amazon cuts into the continent, illegal logging, industrial...
China has spent decades trying to harness its powerful river systems with dams. Enormous hydroelectric projects, most notably the Three...
The highlands of Papua New Guinea cradle some of the most remote places in the world, and are home to...
“We’re a little outnumbered, and a little outspent,” says Craig Williams, “but we’ve turned around decisions by the biggest bureaucracy...
The forests of the West African nation of Liberia cover almost 12 million acres, and are home to nearly half...