Amnesty International found documents showing that a 2008 Shell oil spill in Nigeria was 60 times bigger than the company claimed.

And in Russia, 2,000 tons of oil spilled from a well over two days. But, really, who knows how much oil it was?

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The thawing Arctic Ocean is releasing gobs of methane into the atmosphere.

Figuring out how climate change is going to affect Himalayan glaciers: actually really tricky!

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There’s a new IPCC-like body for biodiversity. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services will release reports on topics like ocean acidification and pollination.

Do not buy Lipton tea in China. It’s full of pesticides. (But also, why are you buying Lipton tea in China, the country that basically invented the stuff?)