Can oil save the rainforest?

Pipe dreams: the 500km pipeline that transports oil from Lago Agrio to the port of Esmeraldas, on the Pacific Coast. The oil discovery destroyed the area. Photograph: Remi Benali/Corbis American…
AUTHOR:John Vidal
PUBLISHED: Jan. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2138 words)

how it feels to be young and struggling in the EU

Maybe being young is never easy. But being a twentysomething young European has rarely been more stressful.More than a quarter (28%) of Italians between 16 and 24 are unemployed. Others are…
AUTHOR:Viola Caon
PUBLISHED: Jan. 28, 2012
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2263 words)
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