A photographic dispatch from the siege of Istanbul’s Divan Hotel.
A surprisingly quiet night at Gezi Park, Istanbul.
Two States, Three Countries, Four Opponents of Fracking
For seven generations, Sheila Russell’s family has farmed the land of Pennsylvania. Now, the rush for shale gas threatens to put an end to it all.
For decades Youngstown, Ohio, was one of the great centers of U.S. steel manufacturing. Then the industry collapsed and jobs disappeared. Now, shale gas is reviving the city’s hopes – and fears.
While shale gas has revived the economy of a Pennsylvania county, it also threatens to undermine traditional farming.
Poland is a test case for shale gas development in Europe, but so far the industry has failed to take off.
The development of shale gas could make Poland energy independent from Russia, but it has also started to erode basic civil liberties in the country.
There are thousands of lost oil and gas wells scattered across Pennsylvania, the industrial legacy of a previous era. Now, someone is looking for them.
Edward Sawicki is a farmer from northern Poland, fighting a private war against shale gas exploration. His goal: Leave the slightest trace possible on this earth.