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‘I never give up’: Q&A with Chinese environmental lawyer Jingjing Zhang Jingjing Zhang has been dubbed the “Erin Brockovich of China” for her work litigating against polluting companies on behalf of affected communities within the country. Now living in the U.S., she has switched her focus to Chinese companies operating overseas, many of them under the aegis of Beijing’s ambitious and far-reaching Belt and Road Initiative. But jurisdictional issues mean courts in China don’t yet hold Chinese companies accountable for their actions overseas. In an interview with Mongabay founder Rh...

Ecologists seek to expand Galapagos Marine Reserve The Ecuadoran president is to decide on a proposal to expand the islands’ marine reserve, seen as vital to protect the world heritage site from the fishing industry By Dan Collyns / The Guardian Strolling along a beach dotted with sea lion pups and their mothers barking at one another, utterly unconcerned by your presence, is a singularly magical experience. On the trail leading to the shore on tiny Seymour Island, noisily courting blue-footed boobies and frigate birds are equally unruffled by the presence of humans. Getting up close to t...

Dad... you're embarrassing yourself. [ male announcer ] gooey creamy delicious kraft macaroni and cheese. you know you love it. there are some shocking new details this morning in the case of joran van der sloot, the dutchman charnld with the brutal murder of a peruvian student. he told police that van der sloot lied about certain parts of the day that took place. they suggested he could reveal the truth about natalee holloway's death. on the phone is our spokesperson who talked to them. good morning, dan. >> good morning, alex.

Insecure, something like 10,000 prisoners and a place where his life would definitely be at risk. and castro castro, he will be held in a solitary cell for at least four to five months, initially for his own safety. this is a prison full of murderers and a lot of hit men, guns for hire, effectively, and it's very easy for people to be hired inside the prison by people outside the prison to carry out declarations. so he took a lot of time and effort to gather information on joran van der sloot. >> it's not a pretty picture any way you look at it. dan collyns. thank you, dan. police have arres...

Now he's saying he left the room -- well, now this video shows that he left the room with two empty coffee cups, he went downstairs and came back two minutes later with a recepti receptionist pretending he had been out to buy coffee and that he was locked out. almost pretending that he hadn't been in the room at the time that the murder took place. but looking at the rest of the evidence, it's a very wea weak alibi, but one could assume that after you commit murder, one acts out of desperation. one other thing that the general said was the weight of the physical evidence was so much that effec...