Eva Hershaw
The War on Drugs Isn't Just Destroying Lives — It's Also Killing the Environment
Ahead of a UN General Assembly session on international drug policy, the Open Society Foundation says environmental devastation is among the collateral damage caused by anti-drug programs.
Now Here's Some Good News: Global Warming Emissions Could Actually Be in Decline
A decline in coal burning in China and increasingly competitive prices for renewable energy production seem to be decoupling levels of economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions.
As Texas Clinics Close, Self-Induced Abortions Rise
Reproductive health advocates see the numbers as a reflection of the decisions faced by women who live in conservative states where sweeping legislative measures have aimed to prevent women from terminating their pregnancies.
Climate Change Could Push 100 Million People Into Poverty by 2030
As the World Bank warns that climate change could undo recent advances in poverty eradication, the UK Met Office says global temperatures are approaching a dangerous threshold.
This Epic Environmental Lawsuit Just Got a Bit More Complicated
A key Chevron witness admitted to lying in a racketeering and fraud suit against attorney Steven Donziger, so the lawyer and his legal team are asking that the federal court judgement be thrown out.
The Battle Over Keystone XL Is Far From Finished. Here's What Comes Next.
Following TransCanada's request for a delay in a US State Department decision over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmental groups are pushing the Obama administration to deny the request — and the pipeline altogether.
A Huge Fire in the Amazon Threatens Thousands of Indigenous People and an Uncontacted Tribe
Conservation groups say that illegal loggers may have intentionally set the fires in retaliation for indigenous group monitoring of their activities.
Poachers Just Killed Some More Elephants With Cyanide in Zimbabwe
Although the country is no longer consumed by the violence and inflation of the early 2000s, a widespread lack of economic opportunity is fueling the poaching trade.
Chevron's Star Witness Admits to Lying in the Amazon Pollution Case
The witness, a former Ecuadorean judge, claimed that lawyers representing residents of the Amazon harmed by the oil company's contamination paid him to ghostwrite a court judgement — but he now says that he lied.
These Businesses Have Signed a White House Pledge to Address Climate Change
Without strict government regulation of industry emissions, some environmentalists warn the pledge might be little more than corporate greenwashing.
There Is Persistent Contamination at Former Chevron Sites in the Amazon
Just released transcripts from an international arbitration proceeding reveal oil contamination at sites supposedly cleaned up by the oil major.
'Super' El Niño Looks Set to Ruin the Lives of Many of the World's Most Vulnerable People
The weather phenomenon could cause at least 10 million people to go hungry, while an additional four million people across the Pacific could find themselves without water.