World Oct 27 Environmentalists celebrate Lula's reelection in Brazil: 'The Amazon can breathe a sigh of relief' By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press
World Oct 18 Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act More than a dozen Indigenous representatives from Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador are participating in the Oct. 19-23 U.N. conference on transnational organized crime, known as COP13. By Steven Grattan, Associated Press
World May 25 Brazilian government commits $617.5M to Amazon ecological investment The resources are expected to go toward businesses that support sustainable tourism, improve infrastructure in the Amazon and expand the “bioeconomy” — the so-called economic activity based on natural resources that preserves the forest. By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press
World May 05 Brazil gold mining rush brings deforestation and mercury risks to the Amazon SAO PAULO (AP) — The surge in gold prices in recent years has fueled a renewed mining rush in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, accelerating deforestation in protected areas and driving mercury contamination to hazardous levels, officials and experts say. A study… By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press
Science Nov 23 Watch 2:17 Deep in the Amazon, scientists build a 'time capsule' to predict future of climate change Hundreds of miles from the U.N. conference on climate change that wrapped this weekend in Belém, Brazil, scientists are conducting a first-of-its-kind experiment that could help future policymakers address the issue. John Yang reports. By John Yang, Claire Mufson, Satvi Sunkara, Zoie Lambert
Oct 15 UN agency: CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and causing more extreme weather, the United Nations weather agency… Continue reading
Dec 28 Extreme drought, wildfires and deforestation battered the Amazon rainforest in 2024 By Steven Grattan, Associated Press A warming climate fed drought that in turn fed the worst year for fires in the Amazon rainforest since 2005. And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run… Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 4:23 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… Continue watching
Nov 17 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks after making historic visit to Amazon rainforest in Brazil By Aamer Madhani, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Colleen Long, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Oct 25 As record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land By Fabianno Maisonnave, Associated Press Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before. Continue reading