President Rousseff has abandoned Lula's commitment to participatory democracy, human rights and popular movements, while focusing on increasing Brazil's economic strength — which has the effect of increasing the wealth and power of Brazil's rich.

Dependence on fracking is a foolish policy even if it offers riches to those who get the profits.

The UK says it will draw up a "national pollinator strategy".

I hope it is a serious attempt to protect pollinators rather than an excuse to keep using neonicotinoids for longer.

Heavy rain in the Indian Himalayas is not unusual, but human construction and deforestation turned it into a disaster.

Why Ecuador Would Be an Ideal Refuge for Edward Snowden.

Criminalizing libel is an injustice, but lots of countries do it, including the UK, France and Italy. A man was arrested in France just for saying "Sarkozy I see you" when he witnessed an injustice. We should campaign to abolish these laws, in whatever country suffers from them, but in the mean time this is no reason to condemn Ecuador.