Cambodia's Indigenous communities have long relied on the forest. Efforts to defend the forest from illegal logging come with ...

A Golden Retriever splashes around and enjoys a refreshing swim in the river on a sunny day. I Sat Next To A Gun 'Fanatic' On A Plane. When I Told Him What My Job Is, Things Got Interesting. Tim Curry ...

Cambodian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) backed by international investors have aggressively marketed loans to Indigenous communities, targeting the value of their land as collateral for loans.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. — The Jefferson County Council narrowly approved an amendment Wednesday to a proposed swimming ban in the Big River at Rockford Park, creating an exemption for first responders.

Over two decades after a band bus dumped hundreds of pounds of human waste into the river, the Chicago River Swim raised $150,000 for ALS research and swim education programs. Reading time: Reading ...

For the first time in nearly a century, the Chicago River hosted an organized open swim. The race on Sunday drew 263 swimmers and celebrated the river’s environmental turnaround. Memories of the river ...

The Chicago River hosted its first open water swim since 1926 on Sunday, and Olympian Olivia Smoliga made a big splash in her hometown. Smoliga won the non-wetsuit 1-mile race on Sunday near her home ...

Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 ...

Early Sunday morning, spectators jostled for a glimpse of the Chicago River to witness something that hadn’t happened there in nearly a century. People were swimming in it. In the heart of the Loop ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dozens of qualified swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning. The Chicago River Swim marked the return of competitive open-water swimming in the river in nearly a ...

More than 250 swimmers jumped into the Chicago River on Sunday morning, marking the first open-river swim in the once-polluted urban waterway in nearly a century. After a false start last year, the ...