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Environment

Young adults advocating for clean energy at the Democratic National Convention in Philadephia. (Photo by Bob Simpson/Flickr)
Environment

Young adults take on climate change and the establishment in New York, Paris and Marrakesh

Reindeer crossing the street is not a rare sight driving on the roads in northern Scandinavia. (Camilla Andersen/GroundTruth)
Environment

Reindeer meat and climate change: Protecting indigenous tradition in the Arctic

KARASJOK, Norway— "This is a spring and summer treat," says Arvid Gaup, the father of a reindeer herder...

Sep 19, 2016
New Orleans is sinking and therefore vulnerable to flooding and storm surges.
Environment

How New Orleans’ plans to fight sinking left its own residents out

NEW ORLEANS – The Pentecost Baptist Church in Gentilly is pristine, with freshly cut grass, a well-kept garden...

Sep 09, 2016
View from Frederick's Church, a renown landmark in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Stig Nygaard/Flickr User)
Environment

Why Scandinavian countries are known for sustainability

We couldn’t find a recycling bin. The kitchen I shared with flatmates during my four months living in...

Jul 29, 2016
A 33,000 square foot solar field generates electricity on Ærø, an island off of Denmark's southern coast that is nearly carbon neutral. The solar field is one of the largest of its kind in the world. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)
Environment

An island powered by one of the world’s largest solar fields

ÆRØ, Denmark – On a small island off of the country’s southern coast, sheep take shelter under a...

Jul 29, 2016
Environment

How the Norwegian government started an electric car boom

OSLO, Norway – In this capital city, Teslas line the streets. They glide in a silent, steady stream...

Jul 29, 2016
A woman cycles into central Copenhagen. This year, the city ranked first in an index of the world's most bike-friendly cities. (Photo by Charlotte Weiner/GroundTruth)
Environment

In Copenhagen, cycling to work is ‘just the obvious thing to do’

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – If it were up to Niels Hoé, his job would eventually become obsolete. In a...

Jul 29, 2016
Many neighborhoods along Jakarta's rivers are being bulldozed to make way for river widening and "revitalization" projects. (Photo by Muhammad Fadli/GroundTruth)
Environment

Navigating Jakarta as it tries to stay above water

JAKARTA, Indonesia — One of the first things I’m learning as a foreigner visiting this city for the...

Jul 28, 2016
Kumba James, left, and her daughter, Kumba Johnbull, were moved to the resettlement site in 2013 because of diamond mining. The locals locals call the resettlement Benghazi. They say that they are frustrated by limited access to water during the dry season, when the resettlement site’s wells dry up. (Photo by Cooper Inveen/ICIJ)
Rights

An offshore company blasts its way through Sierra Leone

By Cooper Inveen, Silas Gbandia, Khadija Sharife, Will Fitzgibbon and Michael Hudson KOIDU, Sierra Leone – Once or twice...

Jul 25, 2016
Sia Momoh's father, an artisanal miner named Aiah Momoh, was shot and killed by police in 2007 while protesting mining activity. Sia, now 15 years old, lives with her aunts and grandmother and spends her days selling produce and butterscotch around town.
A New Light

In Sierra Leone, the search for diamonds overpowers a city

By Cooper Inveen In eastern Sierra Leone, gravel caused by mine blasts can be seen surrounding Koidu, a...

Jul 22, 2016
The largest mobile barrier in the world, the Maeslant storm surge barrier was built to protect the Dutch city of Rotterdam from a one-in-10,000-year storm. It's part of the massive investment the Dutch are making to protect themselves in a new era of rising sea levels. (Photo by Bert Knottenbeld/Flickr Creative Commons)
Environment

City officials share lessons from Europe on how to prepare for sea-level rise

Massachusetts state and city officials regrouped in Boston yesterday after a trip to Europe, where they learned about...

Jul 14, 2016
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