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As world leaders prepare for COP30 climate talks, where tropical forests will take center stage, alarming new data reveals the scale of the crisis ahead. In 2024, the tropics lost 6.7 million hectares of primary rainforest—an area equivalent to Panama…
Australia’s proposed environmental protection laws face sharp criticism from a leading economist who warns they could be undermined by poorly defined exemptions that developers might exploit. Ken Henry, former Treasury Secretary and current head of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity…
Brazil is heading into next month’s COP30 climate summit in Belém with promising news on Amazon deforestation—and a troubling caveat about wildfires. New government data shows deforestation in Brazil’s Legal Amazon region fell 11% over the past year, reaching its…
Brazil delivered mixed news on Amazon conservation this week, reporting an 11% drop in deforestation even as wildfires reached their highest levels in over a decade. The government announced that 5,796 square kilometers of rainforest were cleared between August 2024…
Belém, Brazil, is gearing up to host one of the world’s most important climate gatherings, but the Amazon gateway city faces serious environmental challenges of its own. From November 10-21, more than 50,000 visitors will descend on this historic river…
A small Mississippi community’s environmental victory has been overturned, allowing British biomass giant Drax to legally increase toxic air pollution from its wood pellet manufacturing plant. In April 2025, residents of Gloster, Mississippi (population 858) celebrated when state environmental regulators…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark warning about the Amazon rainforest’s future while acknowledging that the world is failing to meet critical climate targets. In a candid interview with The Guardian and Sumaúma, Guterres expressed deep concern that…
