Katherine Clarke

Will Canadian Court Hand Powerful Tool to the Oppressed?

Can victims of corporate wrongdoing pursue justice in other countries? A Canadian court is dealing with that question this week and its ruling could have sweeping consequences across the globe.

Plastic Ocean: From Thriving Ecosystem to Trash Dumpster

Newborn babies have never touched plastic, but studies of umbilical cords show its chemical residue can be found in them. Like a dangerously virulent virus, plastics have made their way into almost everything — into the oceans, into the fish, into us.