Felipe Heusser, founder and chief executive of Ciudadano Inteligente, an NGO that uses technology to promote open data and transparency in Chile and the region, calls for a more critical approach.

Journalists and technologists are collaborating to bring sensor reporting, crowdsourcing, mapping and more to coverage of the environment.

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