Environment
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Environment USAPolluting Pipeline Put to a Stop
The crossing permit needed for the construction of the pipeline meant to transport crude tar sand oil from Alberta, Canada, to Nebraska, United States, has officially been cancelled since Canadian officials failed to change American President Biden’s mind.
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Environment USANo More Drilling for Oil in This Wilderness
Oil drilling leases have been suspended in Alaska's wildlife refuge in the United States, until at least a complete environmental analysis is done that shows the impacts oil drilling has on the fragile tundra as well as on wild animals like caribou and polar bears.
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Environment USANo Need to Fear Lightning: It Cleans Your Air!
A NASA plane flew over Colorado and Oklahoma, United States in 2012 to gather information about lightning. Now, upon analyzing the data under a different light, it appears that the meteorological phenomenon helps to clean the atmosphere.
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Society Solomon IslandsSmall Island Fights Big Against Mining – and Wins
The people of the small island of Wagina, one of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, fought tooth and nails to prevent a mining company from digging for rocks and minerals, destroying their land, economy and way of life, and they won.
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