Tension is mounting in one of the remotest regions in the Peruvian Amazon over plans to build a highway through the country's biggest national park
Amazon 'uncontacted' tribes at risk from new highway plan David Hill | 19th January 2012 News Amazon Tribes Natural World Deforestation Peru tribe2.jpg The Mashco-Piro tribe is believed to live in …
A coal-fired power station in Italy that has caused an estimated 442 deaths has been closed down following a court order. A case of corporate manslaughter is under investigation.
Italy: Police close down deadly power station DeSmogBlog | 16th March 2014 News Italy Pollution Coal Energy Health Fossil Fuels smog_in_vado_ligure.png A coal-fired power station in Italy that has …
Solar power could be producing over a quarter of the world's electricity within 35 years, according to the International Energy Agency. But in the US, Congress's failure to extend solar tax credits is causing projects to be withdrawn.
IEA: Solar could be world's biggest power source by 2050 Mike G DeSmogBlog | 10th October 2014 News Energy Renewables USA Solar solucar-seville-cut.jpg Solar power could be producing over a quarter …
Ecuador's state oil company PetroAmazonas has, in secret, built a road deep into the heart of the world-famous Yasuni National Park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, writes David Hill - violating promises and threatening uncontacted indigenous tribes.
Ecuador: oil company has built 'secret' road deep into Yasuni National Park David Hill | 6th June 2014 News Transport Ecuador Amazon Oil Indigenous Peoples Forests up-to-60m-wide-cut.jpg Ecuador's …
Peru is set to embark on a major expansion of gas operations in the Camisea region in the Amazon - a move which could decimate Indigenous peoples, both those in ‘voluntary isolation’ and others in the early stages of contact. David Hill reports
Peru's Mysterious ‘Lot Fitzcarrald’ Threatens Uncontacted Tribes David Hill | 11th December 2012 News david hill peru.jpg Will Peru enforce the law to protect its isolated Indigenous peoples? Image …
In 2012 'skeptical environmentalist' Bjorn Lomborg told The Ecologist that his Copenhagen Consensus Center had poor funding prospects. But now its US arm is flooded with cash - over $4 million since 2008. And as Graham Readfearn reports, only a fraction of it can be traced ...
Bjorn Lomborg and the mysterious millions Graham Readfearn DeSmogBlog | 26th June 2014 News Climate Change Politics bjorn-lomborg-cut.jpg In 2012 'skeptical environmentalist' Bjorn Lomborg told The …