Climate change: Should you fly, drive or take the train?
From BBC The climate campaigner Greta Thunberg chose to sail to a UN climate conference in New York in a zero-emissions yacht rather than fly – to highlight the impact…
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Trump speaks with Brazil's Bolsonaro, offers aid with Amazon rainforest fires
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in front of a portrait of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln prior to presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Boston Celtics legend…
As EU threatens trade retaliation, Brazil sends army to fight Amazon fires
BRASILIA (Reuters) - European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting the growing international dismay and anger with Brazil as a record number…
Brazil's Bolsonaro will send army to fight Amazon fires: governor
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Brazilian army will be deployed to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, the governor of the Amazon state of Roraima said on Friday. Governor Antonio Denarium…
What Satellite Imagery Can Tell Us About The Fires Burning In The Amazon
From NPR NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with Doug Morton of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center about what satellite imagery can tell us about the cause and extent of the fires…
Why Norway And Germany Have Frozen Money Going To The Amazon Fund
From NPR NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Nature correspondent Jeff Tollefson about the Amazon Fund and the web of diplomacy aiming to prevent deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Read the…
France's Macron says real 'ecocide' going on in Amazon
PARIS (Reuters) - The Amazon needs better management to end the ‘ecocide’ that is going on in the rainforest, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday ahead of a G7…
Amazon fires could burn Brazil's bid to join OECD rich nations club
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Uncontrolled fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest could scuttle Brazil’s chances of becoming a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), worried business leaders…
Trump administration considers boost to biofuel mandates to ease farmer anger: sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering ramping up biofuel blending quotas in the coming years to assuage anger in the Farm Belt over its recent broad use…
Russia's first seaborne nuclear power plant sets sail across Arctic
MURMANSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant set sail on Friday from the Arctic port of Murmansk to provide power to one of the country’s most remote…