Projects
Launched October 8, 2019
In Port au Prince, Pastor Julio Volcy believes that to build a better Haiti, he must first build stronger Christians, preparing them to withstand poverty and oppression by living lives of integrity.
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Launched October 8, 2019
This project explores Hawaii’s unique island landscape and the crucial role watersheds play in mitigating climate change on Hawaii’s water resources, native species, and overall economy.
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Launched October 7, 2019
As climate change edges the endangered North Atlantic right whale closer to extinction, saving the iconic species may require drastically curtailing North America’s most valuable fishery.
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Launched October 7, 2019
As the world's largest consumer of soy, China's hunger drives Brazil's sales. How the Amazon fits into China's food security policy and Belt and Road Initiative—and what that means for the world.
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Launched October 3, 2019
After Motel 6 gave his name to immigration agents in 2017, a Washington man’s family was torn apart. The Columbian reports from the U.S.-Mexico border, where the family is navigating a life divided.
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Launched October 1, 2019
Catholic missionaries first arrived in the Amazon five centuries ago. Who are they and what are they doing now?
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Launched October 1, 2019
To boost economic growth, India is granting environmental clearances fast. But many projects ignore environmental laws, disregard Indigenous rights, and harm India’s last remaining natural resources.
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Launched October 1, 2019
Despite sharp international criticism, a Russian geneticist is pushing forward a project to edit embryos of a deaf couple so their children won't inherit the mutation that impairs their hearing.
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Launched September 30, 2019
The U.S. government and migrants seeking asylum find themselves in a precarious situation as the situation on the border worsens.
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Launched September 26, 2019
Come with us as we explore Cape Cod to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction could be.
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Launched September 26, 2019
The 2018 Japan Heatwave - Attribution Science and the First Provable Tragedy in a Climate-Changed Wo In summer 2018, Japan experienced the realities of a climate-changed earth. The worst heatwave in the country's history killed over a thousand people and shattered records across the nation.
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Launched September 25, 2019
One decade after the deadliest natural disaster of the century, Pulitzer grantees return to examine aid, trade, and a new city created by the catastrophe.
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Launched September 24, 2019
This year the Brazilian government has authorized the use of 325 pesticides. In Lucas do Rio Verde in the Amazon state of Mato Grosso, the terrible effects of one of these pesticides, Paraquat, was accidentally sprayed over the population back in 2006, can still be seen. It resulted in high cancer... |
Launched September 24, 2019
The Netherlands has long battled back the sea, but climate change is forcing the lowland nation to rethink its approach. It's now learning to live with water rather than fight it.
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Launched September 23, 2019
What does the rise of a new militant Hinduism under India's Modi government mean for women and young people, and what does resistance to it look like?
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Launched September 23, 2019
Investigating the impacts of the global coconut boom on Southeast Asian rainforests and livelihoods.
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Launched September 18, 2019
The Associated Press examines what happens to asylum-seekers when Europe and the United States close their doors, outsourcing migrants to other countries.
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Launched September 18, 2019
After 15 years of one disaster after another, what does a changing climate mean for the survival of Mississippi's Gulf fisheries?
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Launched September 13, 2019
Three Rainforest Defender Series stories of resistance and innovation in the Achuar Territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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Launched September 10, 2019
This project analyzes how the fire in the Amazon rainforest impacted the triple frontier between Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.
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Launched September 9, 2019
The Bering Sea's winter ice has helped to sustain a remarkable abundance of sea life. For the past two years, it's been gone, and scientists are scrambling to figure out what that means for the future.
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Launched September 9, 2019
By land and air, a photo essay that shows fire in the heart of the Amazon.
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Launched September 4, 2019
Land reform, or sleight of hand? Who benefited from the multimillion-dollar MalaMala deal in greater Kruger National Park? Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism follows the money trail of South Africa's most expensive land settlement.
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Launched August 30, 2019
MLK's legacy makes a mark with more than 900 streets named after him, including most recently, Kansas City, Mo. But from USA to Europe to Africa, how does that legacy look from those streets?
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