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Environmental Oversight

Living on Earth
August 14, 2013
  • By Anna Solomon-Greenbaum
The World

The U.S. government is a major funding source of development projects in countries around the globe. But critics contend it isn’t doing enough to ensure those projects aren’t harming the environment. Living on Earth’s Anna Solomon-Greenbaum reports from Washington.

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