Kenya's Samburu people 'violently evicted' after US charities buy land | World news | The Guardian

Members of the Samburu people in Kenya have been abused, beaten and raped by police after the land they lived on for two decades was sold to two US-based wildlife charities, a rights group and community leader have alleged.

The State of Climate Change & US Climate Politics: A 16-Minute Crash Course (Video) : TreeHugger

If you feel like you haven't been paying close enough attention to the climate debate in recent months (or years), this TED talk by renowned climate scientist Michael Mann (yes, he of the 'hockey stick' fame) will bring you up to speed in half the time it would take you to watch a sitcom.