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Fire rising in Amazon rainforest in Apui, Amazonas state

World Dec 28

Extreme drought, wildfires and deforestation battered the Amazon rainforest in 2024

By Steven Grattan, Associated Press

World Nov 17

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Zelenskiy meets with U.S. President Biden at the White House in Washington
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News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

In our news wrap Sunday, a senior U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine will be allowed for the first time to fire American-supplied missiles into Russia, an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon, Ohio’s governor denounced a march…

Politics Nov 17

U.S. President Joe Biden visits Manaus
WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil

Biden spoke after becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Amazon rainforest Sunday, declaring that nobody can reverse “the clean energy revolution that’s underway in America” even as Trump is poised to scale back efforts to combat climate…

By Aamer Madhani, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Colleen Long, Associated Press

World Oct 25

TOPSHOT-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-FIRE
As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land

Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before.

By Fabianno Maisonnave, Associated Press

World Sep 10

Amazon river levels fall due to lack of rain, hurting navigation
Brazil faces its worst drought as wildfires rage and Amazon River falls to record low

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago.

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press

Oct 08

Extreme drought across Brazil’s Amazon worsens local fears for the future

By Edmar Barros, Associated Press

Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024, the problems stand to intensify.

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Aug 21

In referendum, Ecuador voters reject oil drilling project in protected part of Amazon

By Associated Press

Ecuadorians voted against drilling for oil in a protected area of the Amazon, an important decision that will require the state oil company to end its operations in a region that’s home to two uncontacted tribes and is a hotspot…

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Aug 09

Watch 6:30
News Wrap: FBI agents shoot and kill Utah man accused of making threats against Biden

In our news wrap Wednesday, FBI agents shot and killed a Utah man accused of making threats against President Biden, wildfires in Hawaii burned thousands of acres and killed at least six people on Maui, days of downpours in Europe…

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Aug 09

What came out of the South American summit on protecting the Amazon?

By Kayan Tara

At their first summit focused on the Amazon in nearly 15 years, eight South American countries pledged this week to work together to combat deforestation. While they revived a key treaty organization in this new united front, environmentalists have expressed…

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Jul 06

In Lula’s first six months, Brazil Amazon deforestation dropped 34 percent, reversing trend under Bolsonaro

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press

Lula campaigned last year with pledges to rein in illegal logging and undo the environmental devastation under former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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