Fashion brands like Zara promised to be more sustainable. But their tactics tell a different story.
Watch the full exclusive investigation: https://t.co/iqVy4yqKgY
📹 Albert Han
🍚 Rice is a staple grain for half of humanity, but in places like Senegal, farmers can’t grow enough of it.
Can a farming method change that?
Context's @albertybhan travelled to the West African nation to find out. Watch the full video here:
https://t.co/vwPTrtlwuK
Some people living in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley are only able to access less than 20 litres of water a day – a fraction of their household and farming needs.
How did this happen? What’s next for a country that runs out of water? @FintanMcDonnell finds out: https://t.co/ze33VbPOcn
Roundabouts are a common sight in Europe and Australia, but not so much in the United States.
👋 Kevin Beresford, chair of the UK Roundabout Appreciation Society, is on a mission to change that.
He says roundabouts can even help save the planet - and the science backs him up.
Our Head of Video @jacobtemplin & VJs @albertybhan + @AshleyJiang7 are too humble to tell you…
… but they just won GOLD at the @tellyawards for our @ContextNewsroom series Lab-Made which looks at how we’re changing the way we produce our food. 🏆
https://t.co/jF76cW0Rxh
🌱 Seaweed could be key in fighting climate change‚ but can it survive it?
As a crop threatened by warming temperatures and volatile weather, it’s not immune to the very problems it might help solve.
We know coal is bad for the planet, so why can't we quit it? To answer this, @albertybhan went to Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth and home to the northern-most coal mine. https://t.co/QZAa7dd9ll
🇳🇴 Far beyond the Arctic Circle, Svalbard is one of the fastest warming places on earth.
And yet, it's still struggling to quit coal.
What does this say about our reliance on cheap, dirty energy?
Watch the full video by @albertybhan: https://t.co/yyJ8O1nVtE
Far beyond the Arctic Circle, Svalbard is one of the fastest warming places on earth. And yet it can't quit coal.
My colleague @albertybhan went to Norway's archipelago to find out for @ContextNewsroom.
This may be my favourite ever video from our team.
https://t.co/eBnS8tM4Bf
“We have so much to report on, the story is unfolding day by day and we’re very busy, but the main challenge for us remains the viability of our project itself.”
– @boublis, investigative nonprofit @reporters_gr co-founder, said in an interview w/ GIJN.
https://t.co/2zI0zoco2K
Spoke to Ukraine and Europe-based fact checkers on the biggest challenges covering Russia’s Ukraine invasion in the last year. The narratives might “lack imagination” but have resonated in parts of the world. Here’s my piece on how experts debunked disinfo and emerging concerns
In the weeks leading up to #ValentinesDay, around 500 (!) truckloads of roses leave Miami every day, turning #Miami from a "freight desert" into a #trucking hot-spot.
"When those flowers start moving, man, it gets crazy." — Robert Rouse, @datfreightteam.
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🥩 Would you eat lab-grown meat?
🍻 How about beer made from sewage?
Our video correspondent @AlbertybHan partnered with @Pocket to put together a guide that explores the future of food – and how technology plays a part.
https://t.co/osl6Cdze6n
Now #COP27 is over, let's talk about #COP15.
Why does the world need a new deal to protect nature?
Our correspondent @jacktgraham is joined by:
🎙 @LIK1000 of @nature_org
🎙 @jing_corpuz of @NiaTero
🎧 Set a reminder for tomorrow at 3pm GMT/10am ET
https://t.co/71WAXfAGJe
Europeans are bracing for possible energy rationing & even power blackouts due to reduced gas supplies from Russia. But how have other countries been dealing with blackouts for decades? We gathered tips from Lebanon, Nigeria, South Africa, India, Zim...👇
https://t.co/g17EUZLWmd
🌡 Climate change is making heat waves more common and outdoor labour more dangerous.
What can we learn from the thousands of migrant workers who suffered to prepare Qatar for the #FIFAWorldCup?
Watch our short film, in collaboration with @TIME and supported by @pulitzercenter.
Check out my colleague @FintanMcDonnell's debut piece, a great explainer on how DNA tests are unveiling previously anonymous sperm donations - watch the full film: https://t.co/ArtVEFvkKD
🧬 Meet Anna. She found her biological father - a sperm donor - along with 40 half-siblings after taking a DNA test.
👁 Her story raises the question: how do you protect someone’s anonymity in the age of affordable and easy online DNA tests? @FintanMcDonnell reports.