Eastern Europe

Europe's post-Soviet greening - gains and failures

DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, Ukraine — Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine.

"It's An Ecological Disaster..."

Costa Rica sees tourism's environmental dark side

Playa Grande, Costa Rica - On a quiet night in February, when winter temperatures plummeted below zero in North America, leatherback sea turtles the size of golf carts lumbered onto this tropical beach to lay their eggs.

Yet just a sandy stroll away, in the booming surf town of Tamarindo, runaway tourism development is turning the sea ... read more