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NASA scientists find connection between fires and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa

Mike Gaworecki 19 Jan 2017

Battling India’s Sand Barons

Sibi Arasu 11 May 2016

Two-thirds of the world’s population doesn’t have reliable access to fresh water

Mike Gaworecki 15 Feb 2016

Raja Ampat fires destroy livelihoods; Sumatrans suffer from drought amid haze

Mongabay Haze Beat 28 Oct 2015

Lima to restore pre-Incan aqueducts to alleviate its water crisis

Ariel Mark 16 Apr 2015

Kaiduan dam in Borneo meets fierce opposition

Mike Gaworecki 6 Apr 2015

U.S. Central Plains and Southwest will likely face apocalyptic drought

Jeremy Hance 12 Feb 2015

Apocalypse now? Climate change already damaging agriculture, acidifying seas, and worsening extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 31 Mar 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

Is Brazil’s epic drought a taste of the future?

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2014

Bangladesh plans massive coal plant in world’s biggest mangrove forest

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2013

Fracking sucks up all the water from Texas town

Suzanne Goldenberg 15 Aug 2013

Water crisis widening: 4.5 billion people live near ‘impaired water sources’

Fiona Harvey 28 May 2013

What if companies actually had to compensate society for environmental destruction?

Jeremy Hance 29 Apr 2013

Up for grabs: how foreign investments are redistributing land and water across the globe

Erica Santana 18 Apr 2013

Iraqi who is bringing back the Garden of Eden wins top environment award

John Vidal 16 Apr 2013

WWF and National Geographic ask: ‘How much stuff do you need?’

Jeremy Hance 4 Feb 2013

Over $8 billion invested in watersheds in 2011

Jeremy Hance 28 Jan 2013

Forests in Kenya worth much more intact says government report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 24 Jan 2013

Climate change melting glaciers in the Andes

Jeremy Hance 22 Jan 2013

Improving food and water efficiency a must for the next generation

Michael Rudolph 5 Dec 2012

Mekong dam spree could create regional food crisis

Jeremy Hance 27 Aug 2012

Drought pits farmers against frackers

Jeremy Hance 1 Aug 2012

Charting a new environmental course in China

Mark Szotek 21 May 2012

Consumption, population, and declining Earth: wake-up call for Rio+20

Jeremy Hance 15 May 2012

Featured video: climate, water, and desperation in Texas

Jeremy Hance 1 May 2012

Turkey’s rich biodiversity at risk

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2012

United Nations meets clean water goal

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

Top 10 Environmental Stories of 2011

Jeremy Hance, Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2011

11 challenges facing 7 billion super-consumers

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2011

New organization seeks to make biofuels sustainable, but is it possible?

Jeremy Hance 24 Mar 2011

Want water? save forests

Jeremy Hance 21 Mar 2011

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