British carbon cowboys ride roughshod over Amazon communities
Groups in Pará have accused a UK-linked company and a former São Paulo police officer of irregularities and abusive contracts related to public lands
Scientists: Arc of deforestation is most vulnerable to drought
A new study shows impacts vary enormously from region to region, highlighting diversity within the Amazon. This should help policymakers to set priorities for fighting deforestation and preventing a tipping point
Make climate polluters pay
As Rio Grande do Sul faces up to gigantic clean-up costs, it should look at the example just set in Vermont which has passed a new law to make oil firms responsible for damages caused by floods and other manifestations of global heating
‘Fake news’ about the climate is hampering aid efforts
Right-wing denial of human-caused global heating started as a tactic for industry to evade responsibility in the 1970s
A rede de mentiras sobre a Amazônia e outras histórias
Uma seleção de notícias sobre a floresta tropical para ser lida em dois minutos
‘That night, everything I am was left behind’
Cartoonist Talita Grass’s home was subsumed by the flooding in Rio Grande do Sul and now she is trying to recover her things from the mud’s destruction
Bioeconomy: Genuine hope or new form of greenwashing?
The Brazilian government has decreed a national strategy for bioeconomy. Used well, it could direct more subsidies towards traditional forest communities. But the terms are so disputed that agribusiness is also vying for resources
O negacionismo climático de deputados e senadores gaúchos continua mesmo com a tragédia
Parlamentares do Rio Grande do Sul, estado devastado pelas enchentes, defendem o enfraquecimento das leis ambientais e podem agravar a crise do clima
In 2024, life itself is up for vote
The killers of the forest and its defenders want more political power. Unless the former can be stopped at the upcoming municipal elections, it won't be just the Amazon that suffers
‘We, guardians of Nature, knew it would happen. Capitalists are destroying Nature’
Cacique Cláudio Acosta’s village in Charqueadas, Rio Grande do Sul, was surrounded by floodwaters for ten days. After five days without clean water to drink, they had to improvise a well
