This week we head to the French island of Corsica to investigate an almost invisible pollution choking the Mediterranean Sea. Up to 250 billion fragments of plastic are believed to be swarming just below the water's surface.
Decades of unbridled economic expansion and disregard for legislation have devastated China’s environment. Today, 70% of China’s waterways are polluted - endangering the health of millions. One example is the 1,000-kilometre-long river Huai, in eastern China, where cancer rates are at a record high. But some locals are fighting back, trying to breathe life back into their beloved stream.
A secret NATO report reinforces suspicions of links between the Taliban and the Pakistani secret services. In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge jailer Duch, who was accused of crimes against humanity, has seen his appeal answered with an increased sentence of life in prison. Finally, in China a massive river pollution case in the south of the country has activists blaming poor industry supervision in the name of profit.
Are the Taliban poised to enter into new negotiations? They say they are and will open a political office in Qatar to prove it. Meanwhile, people in Beijing want the Chinese government to take a leaf out of the US's book when it comes to pollution. Finally, in India’s Kashmir valley, many of the area's Christians were forced to spend Christmas in fear.
Calls to hold Shell accountable for oil pollution in Nigeria. British web users report on the student protests in London. And take a virtual walk through gardens and parks the world over with Google Street View.
It's one thing to live in an eco-friendly way, but is it possible to be environmentally friendly in death too? This week, we take a look at new ways to live and die green.
With world leaders still struggling to find an answer to climate change, two documentaries screened at the Pariscience film festival highlight the crucial – and costly – role played by the planet’s greatest natural assets against carbon emissions.
His fate went down to the wire, but despite last minute appeals, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection. His execution has raised big questions about the US death penalty. Also, how best to boost the American economy? New figures show poverty levels have shot up as a row is raging in Washington about Obama's latest plans. Finally, a look at the devastating results of decades of pollution in one of Argentina's biggest rivers.
This week we head to Brittany, the heartland of French pig farming and an agricultural powerhouse. But are the region's farmers responsible for the toxic green algae mounting along the coast?
Wake up and be afraid. That's the message from the International Energy Agency after learning our energy-related carbon emissions hit a record level in 2010. Last year, for the first time in history, more than 30 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide poured into the atmosphere. This week in Environment we’re chasing clever ideas to curb our CO2 output.
