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Moldova’s April 5 poll saw the Communist Party re-elected with appeals to family and security (right), but young protesters say the vote was rigged, and stormed the national parliament building. It’s just more freezing wind for democracy in the former East Bloc. Photo: Dittaeva
With reservoirs at record lows, millions of Mexico City residents are experiencing water shortages and even cutoffs. Drought is to blame, but also leaky pipes, which lose as much as 40 percent of the water destined for the world’s largest city.Photo: Mexico City fountain/Tinou Bao
Women in the developing world are at the climate-change frontlines. From Nicaragua to Mozambique (right), women must travel further for water due to drought and ecological decline, competing with wild animals, and disrupting their family’s welfare. Photo: Stig Nygaard
A new study finds that extreme weather, possibly caused by climate change, is damaging underfunded Superfund toxic waste sites. In Summitville, Colorado, critics say one such site is leaking polluted water into a river used for agriculture, livestock and recreation.Photo: Sprol
Catching school board meetings or local talk shows on cable access TV will be more difficult. Twenty states are allowing cable companies to end their support for public-access TV studios, and are giving control to state agencies rather than local communities.Photo: AccessSF/Luxomedia
For years, New Orleans has been sitting on nearly $34 million in federal housing aid. Yet officials in the Big Easy have yet to actually spend any, even in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The funding will have to be returned unless it gets used. Photo: Lower Ninth Ward/Mike Sax
Elite bicycle designer Craig Calfee has developed a fully functional two-wheeler made from bamboo. Now, his Bamboosero Bikes aim bring the eco-friendly rides, made by villagers using local bamboo, to rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. Photo: Idiolector
President Obama’s use of social media to get out the vote was a sign of things to come. Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera and El Salvador’s Mauricio Funes are tapping into Flickr, Twitter, YouTube — and, yep, both have Facebook profiles (right). Photo montage by Jennifer Pickens
Cimate scientists say carbon dioxide pollution is creating acidic oceans at a rapid pace, thinning the carapaces of some shellfish, and potentially reprising underwater mass extinctions last seen 65 million years ago. Photo: Vanessa Pike-Russell
The eco-impacts of “luxury” toilet paper, including deforestation and chemical pollution, may exceed those of driving an SUV or eating fast food. Unlike recycled paper, tissue made from virgin wood is easier to “fluff up,” and accounts for 98 percent of the U.S. market. Photo: Iva_01