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Tag: Environment
With Amazon Rain Forest Ablaze, Brazil Faces Global Backlash
The fires scorching the Amazon come amid growing concern that Brazil’s weakening environmental policies could jeopardize the country’s trade and foreign relations.
Fires in Amazon Rain Forest Have Surged This Year
The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north.
Gina Lopez, Who Led Crackdown on Mines in the Philippines, Dies at 65
Ms. Lopez was forced from her job as environment secretary after she halted the operations of many of the country’s mining companies.
Greta Thunberg Sets Sail for U.N. Climate Talks
The 16-year-old climate activist is crossing the Atlantic to attend a United Nations climate summit. She refuses to fly because aviation has such an enormous carbon footprint.
Earth’s Food Supply Is Under Threat. These Fixes Would Go a Long Way.
The food production system accounts for up to a third of greenhouse gas emissions. But if agriculture is done right, experts say, it can actually be a climate change solution.
Under Brazil’s Far Right Leader, Amazon Protections Slashed and Forests Fall
Cutting down trees at the current rate could lead to runaway deforestation, environmentalists say. But President Bolsonaro is sticking to his promise to curb enforcement.
A French Town’s Green Policies Aim to Win Over the Working Class
In a crumbling industrial area, a mayor turned his town into a vibrant laboratory of pragmatic green policies. After his election to the European Parliament, can they be expanded?
Greens Are the New Hope for Europe’s Center. For the Far Right, They’re Enemy No. 1.
As climate change emerges as the latest front in Europe’s culture wars, can Green parties show that environmental policy is compatible with social justice?
Fatal Accident With Metal Straw Highlights a Risk
The disturbing death of a woman in Britain renewed a debate that has followed bans on plastic straws around the world.