Environment

The Disaster in Nepal and the Need to Build Resilience

Partido Lakas ng Masa / LINKS Sep 8, 2026 If we're going to prevent the next ecological disaster, we must transition to a global economy of ecosocialism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

60,000 Immigrants To Lose Temporary Protected Status

Ariana Figueroa / States Newsroom Aug 22, 2025 An appeals court says the Trump administration can end protections for immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal, allowing deportation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

The Climate Clock Is Ticking in the Himalayas

Ryan Jones / Resilience Apr 12, 2024 Melting Himalayan glaciers may just hold the key to climate action. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rural Asian Women Are Transforming Their Lives With Solar Power

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Aug 4, 2017 In remote parts of India and Nepal, female entrepreneurs bring electricity to their villages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s First Female President

BLANK Nov 1, 2015 Bhandari’s pro-democracy campaigning is helping to end the oppressive legacies of a monarchy that lasted 240 years in the country she now heads. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Nepal

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Aftershocks Hinder Rescue Efforts in Nepal as Quake Death Toll Passes 2,500

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 26, 2015 Officials expect the number of people killed and injured in Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake to rise well above 2,500 and 5,000 respectively. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Discovery Plans Documentary About Mount Everest Avalanche

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 But is it too soon? The Discovery network is working on a documentary about the avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday in which 13 Sherpas were killed and three more are missing and presumed dead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Everest Avalanche Death Toll Reaches 13

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2014 Rescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thank You, Peter Matthiessen, for Taking Me Along

T.L. Caswell / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 I trekked with the writer, who died last week, only in a Walter Mitty dream, but his service as a guide was valuable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )