Microplastic invasion: Oceans, soil and food?
Guusta Noordam is an asparagus farmer in Woubrugge in the Netherlands. Every year she harvests some 20 tonnes of the prized vegetable, a local Dutch staple.
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Recycling ahoy! New life for old boats
Located at the very end of a tiny peninsula, Gâvres is a typical picturesque town in Brittany, France. Boats stranded along the shore at low tide are a common sight. But as you get closer, hulls turned upside down, worn paint and mould growing on the derelict boats tell a different story.
PFAS chemicals: Everlasting pollution
Thomas Goorden, an activist and environmental researcher, helped uncover what has arguably become one of Belgium’s worst environmental scandals in recent memory. For nearly half a century, chemicals company 3M produced PFAS out of its factory in Zwijndrecht, in the outskirts of Antwerp. Now it's become a hotspot for PFAS contamination.
Exclusive: Nickel mine in Colombia destroying biodiversity and health
On October 16, 2022, Moreno was shot dead in a grocery store in northern Colombia. A few days before his death, the Colombian journalist had contacted Forbidden Stories, an international consortium of investigative journalists offering to protect the work of colleagues under threat. Moreno shared the threats he received on a daily basis and decided to share all the investigations he was working on.
'If we don't solve the nitrogen crisis, our economy will get stuck': Dutch deputy PM
The Dutch agricultural industry is an important one, and the Netherlands is Europe's biggest meat exporter. On the farmers' movement and nitrogen emissions, Kaag says: "There’s a real issue in our country – the nitrogen crisis. If we don't solve it appropriately, in a way that's aligned with rules and legislation, then the economy will become stuck; farmers will not have the prospect of a sustainable future, and they're entitled to a sustainable way of farming and a sustainable way of life. Nature will be impacted, and it won't be restored to where it ought to be."
Bird flu: The next pandemic?
Jean-Christophe Dardenne is a duck farmer in France's southwestern Gers region. Normally, his flocks would be used to roaming freely in the fields, but not anymore. A bird flu epidemic that has gripped Europe for over a year has forced authorities to impose a lockdown on farms across the country. It's been tough to handle, says Jean-Christophe, who doesn't have the necessary equipment to keep his animals indoors.
Himalayas: The climate time bomb threatening India
Up in the foothills of the Himalayas, the region of Uttarakhand is getting the Indian government’s attention. The state of 10 million inhabitants, bordering both China and Nepal, has become a vast open-air building site. The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi fully intends to take advantage of the region’s geographical position to make it a hub for renewable energy.