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    Brazil highways drive Amazon development and destruction

    Brazil highways drive Amazon development and destruction

    09 Oct 2019

    Trucker Erik Fransuer spends months at a time driving back and forth on  highways that cut through the Amazon in northern Brazil, delivering soy or corn to river ports....

    Tribes of the Amazon rainforest paint their bodies to fight for the environment

    Tribes of the Amazon rainforest paint their bodies to fight for the environment

    01 Oct 2019

    The Tembe indigenous people of Brazil's Amazon rainforest for generations have painted their bodies for rites of passage, weddings and to symbolize that they're ready for war. They use...

    Only global pressure can end Amazon atrocities

    Only global pressure can end Amazon atrocities

    25 Sep 2019

    Donnachadh McCarthy, The Independent Last week, the US Trump administration agreed a deal with the Brazilian Bolsonaro regime to open up more of the Amazon for “development”. In typical...

    Drop in online shopping knocks down UK retail sales in August

    Drop in online shopping knocks down UK retail sales in August

    22 Sep 2019

    British retail sales unexpectedly fell in August after shoppers bought less online than the month before, when an annual promotion by Amazon appeared to have encouraged them to splash out,...

    Amazon to acquire electric vans

    Amazon to acquire electric vans

    20 Sep 2019

    Amazon.com Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos pledged to make the largest US e-commerce company net carbon neutral by 2040 and to buy 100,000 electric delivery vans from a start-up, as...

    California can help save rainforest and show how climate leadership looks like in a bottom-up world

    California can help save rainforest and show how climate leadership looks like in a bottom-up world

    14 Sep 2019

    William Boyd, Tribune News Service Fires burning in Brazil and the broader Amazon basin are shining a spotlight on the role of forests and land use in the climate...

    At least 11 dead in Rio de Janeiro hospital blaze

    At least 11 dead in Rio de Janeiro hospital blaze

    13 Sep 2019

    A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on beds or in wheelchairs and leaving at least 11 people...

    This is where we are being misled on the climate crisis

    This is where we are being misled on the climate crisis

    05 Sep 2019

    Just when the burning of the Amazon forests drifted from our headlines, we learned that almost 4,000 new forest fires were started in Brazil in the two days after...

    As fires ravage the Amazon, indigenous tribes pray for protection

    As fires ravage the Amazon, indigenous tribes pray for protection

    03 Sep 2019

    As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, some indigenous tribes are turning to prayer in a bid to halt the destruction and protect their environment...

    Climate change costs poor countries dearly

    Climate change costs poor countries dearly

    31 Aug 2019

    Amit Kapoor, Indo-Asian News Service When a 16-year-old girl who has avowed air travel has to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered race boat to speak at a conference...

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