Haze is cloaking Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It’s our fault too
As fires in Indonesia intensify, schools have been closed and flights have been cancelled while a thick smoke haze is blanketing the country, due to burning forests.
Camilla Soldati
Journalist, Content Coordinator, Digital Editor
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Police kills 3 people a day in the United States
Following this trend, by the end of 2015 the American police will kill 1,109 people in a year, reaching the dreadful average of 3 people killed each day. The estimation comes from an investigation carried out by The Guardian, which decided to launch a counter (The Counted) that tracks, also thanks to readers’ signals, the
Cowspiracy, the documentary unveiling the environmental impact of animal agriculture
Cowspiracy, documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, shows the dramatic impact meat production has on our planet, and how environmental organisations do not address it.
The United Nations’ post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations has launched the new goals for man’s wellbeing to be achieved by 2030. There are 17 goals: the Sustainable Development Goals.
Seasonal liquid water flows on Mars, NASA announces
Salty water flows on slopes on Mars’ surface, when temperatures exceed 23°C. A great discovery, waiting for man’s arrival.
Don’t call them migrants, call them refugees
The refugee crisis triggered a semantic debate all over Europe, useful to understand who is approaching the continent.
Shell abandons Arctic oil drilling
The oil giant has announced it will end exploration drilling in Alaska. A huge victory for environmental activists.
Authorities freed Armand Marozafy, the guide who denounced illegal logging in Madagascar
Armand Marozafy, activist committed to protect Madagascar’s forests, was imprisoned for defaming two illegal loggers.
Viral cat videos (among others) pollute like airplanes
Datacentres would be responsible for 2% of the greenhouse gas emissions globally, data show.
What happened in Mina, in the stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca
Hundreds of people have died in a stampede on Thursday 24 September, during the Islamic pilgrimage, the Hajj, to the holy city of Mecca. The incident took place in the morning, around 9 (local time), in Mina, a small town five kilometres from Mecca, Saud Arabia. 717 people died and at least 863 were