If plans are carried out, there will be 400 dams in the Amazon region. Their ecological consequences have not been studied.

Australia's government is eager to cut support for the poor so it can maintain subsidies for fossil fuels.

The threat to the Great Barrier Reef from planned dredging is even greater than previously reported.

Is Ben and Jerry's still campaigning against this? Can anyone tell me?

Australia tows boat people into Indonesian waters after putting them into lifeboats from which some safety equipment has been removed.

The US and UK are offering support to fight Boko Haram.

I doubt that rescuing these girls, as such, is possible. Defeating Boko Haram might be possible somehow. I am in favor of it in principle, but it is easier said than done.