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Amazon

Indigenous Leaders and Human Rights Groups in Brazil Want Bolsonaro Prosecuted for Crimes Against Humanity

The Brazilian leader’s “state policy” to deforest and “plunder” the Amazon, they’ve told the International Criminal Court, threatens tribal communities and constitutes what should be a new crime, “ecocide.”

By Katie Surma

Activists hold up a banner of Jair Bolsonaro as they gather in front of the Brazilian Embassy during a demonstration organized by Extinction Rebellion activists on Aug. 26, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images
Smokes rises from forest fires in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin, on Aug. 27, 2019. Credit: Joao Laet/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Summit ‘Last Chance’ for Brazil to Show Leadership on Global Warming

By Augusta Saraiva

A refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, collects water for their vegetable crops at a water pan in Kalobeyei settlement for refugees in Turkana County, Kenya on October 2, 2019. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?

By David Sassoon

Oil Giant Under Shareholder Pressure

Felicity Carus, Guardian

Oil contamination in the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest.

Is Chevron's Fight to Avoid Liability Par for the Course?

By Michael Keller and Stacy Feldman

US Forest Report May Fuel More Deforestation in Brazil

By Stacy Feldman

Google Powers Up Its 'Earth Engine' with Eye on Saving the Amazon

By Amy Westervelt

Deforestation Pushing Amazon to Its Ecological Limits

By Max Ajl

One Change Could Cut Brazil's Carbon Emissions in Half

By Max Ajl

Want to Save the Amazon? Try Looking Closer to Home

By Max Ajl

Sugarcane: The Miracle Biofuel?

By Max Ajl

deforestation

Destroying Earth's Forests Carries Many Costs

By Lester R. Brown

Scientists Search for Carbon Solutions in Amazonia's 'Black Earth'

By Max Ajl

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