Environment
Brazil Ends Natural Reserve the Size of Norway and Is Accused of Crime Against the Amazon
A decree from President Michel Temer abolished the protected status of the National Reserve ...
China Cleans Air at Home While Exporting Pollution to Brazil and Elsewhere
While China moves forward with its national policy to reduce coal consumption and increase ...
The Gold Rush in the Amazon Is Poisoning Fish and People with Mercury
Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal ...
Under Pressure to Curb Deforestation, Brazil Sends Mixed Message to the World
Last week saw a busy, but contradictory, stream of actions likely to impact Amazonian ...
Eating Less Beef Seems to Be the Only Way to End Amazonian Deforestation
Beef production has become a major driver of tropical deforestation, responsible for as much ...
Brazil’s People and Environment Pay Dearly for the Country’s Energy-hungry Mining Projects
In the late 1970s, Raimunda Gomes da Silva and her husband, João Pereira da ...
Burger King Vows to Stop Amazon Deforestation by 2030. That’s Too Late, Say Critics
The owner of Burger King has pledged to eliminate deforestation from its supply chains ...
After US$ 1.1 in Aid, Norway Says Brazil Needs to Clean Its Act or It Won’t Get a Cent for Amazon
Brazilian President Michel Temer was greeted with protests when he arrived in Norway for ...
Fed Up with Brazil, Norway Cuts Aid They Are Giving to Protect the Amazon
Michel Temer, the embattled president of Brazil, did not find any respite from his ...
World’s Religious Leaders Get Together in Norway to Rescue the Rainforest
Religious leaders from around the world are meeting for the first time with conservationists ...
