The World from PRX

Environmental Issues

Anuja Bali asks a family in Pashan, Pune about their consumption of liquid petroleum gas.
Energy
India’s Warrior Moms tackle indoor air pollution — ‘the silent killer’ 
Air pollution in Tehran on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012.
Health & Medicine
New WHO air pollution standards could save millions of lives each year
In this Thursday, July 29, 2021, file photo, birds fly over a man taking photos of the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River during a drought in Rosario, Argentina.
Climate Change
The ’emotional whiplash’ of coming of age during the climate crisis
Los Angeles smog
Prior exposure to air pollution increases risk of death from COVID-19, new research suggests
Arts, Culture & Media
Paved Paradise
An agriculturist prepares to plant "Golden Rice" seedlings at a laboratory of the International Rice Research Institute in Los Banos, Laguna.
Science
Forget chemotherapy — try some genetically modified lettuce to fight your colon cancer
The MV Akademik Shokalskiy got caught in encroaching ice off Antarctica in late December of 2013. The Russian ship's 52 passengers were airlifted to a nearby icebreaker more than a week later.
Environment
In looking back at this year’s environmental news there’s a lot of doom and gloom — but not entirely
People hold signs during one of many worldwide "March Against Monsanto" protests against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and agro-chemicals, in Los Angeles on October 12, 2013.
Science
Why the term GMO is ‘scientifically meaningless’
A trader checks stacked boxes of cotton before loading them onto a truck inside a cotton processing unit in Kadi near the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Environment
Are GMOs really behind India’s farming success?
An employee at a Seattle co-op stocks produce near a sign supporting a 2013 ballot initiative in Washington state that would have required labeling of GMO foods. The initiative failed, with record amounts of money spent to defeat it.
Business
GMO lobbying is a booming business as labeling laws increase
Monsanto corn seeds, Mon 810, are grown in only five countries in the European Union. France, Germany, Italy are among those who have banned GMOs as a precaution.
Environment
This Italian farmer is fighting for the right to grow genetically modified corn on his land
Monsanto corn seeds, Mon 810, are grown in only five countries in the European Union. France, Germany, Italy are among those who have banned GMOs as a precaution.
Environment
This Italian farmer is fighting for the right to grow genetically modified corn on his land
Environment
Study finds health issues with pigs consuming genetically modified foods
Business, Economics and Jobs
Washington activists pushing for new labeling requirements for genetically modified foods
Environment
French study raises questions about health effects of genetically modified corn
Environment
Los Angeles neighborhoods stand up for new pollution regulations
Fighting GM foods, and the weeds they cause
Environment
Population vs Consumption
How an Anonymous Rider Functionally Deregulated GMOs
Environment
Farms, Factories, and a Dangerous Nitrogen Overload
The Urgent Water Pollution Problem in the 21st Century
Genetically Modified Foods on the Defensive
Listener Letters
DDT Ban Debate
Commentary: Holiday Overconsumption
Pharmaceuticals in Aqua
Planetary Quiz
Mudslides Happen: Clearcutting and the Timber Salvage Rider
China Water Scarcity
Chlorine’s Costs and Controversies
How Much is Enough
A New Economics, a New Journalism?
Golden Rice
Economics of Nature
Beans Vs. Trees in the Amazon
Water Diaries
Emerging Science Note/Cleaning Contaminants
Environmental Refugees
Planting the Seed
Red Sky at Morning
GM No! Mendocino?
G-E Labelling
Update on the GM Food Debate
The Latest Debate Over Genetically-Modified Foods
Environment
Can genetically engineered crops help feed the world?
Environment
China’s water battle