Katie Surma / Inside Climate NewsDec 11, 2025
Indigenous communities have lived with toxic pollution from Texaco’s operations for decades. Now, the victims are being forced to pay Chevron, which acquired Texaco in 2001. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Frida Garza, Miacel Spotted Elk / GristNov 18, 2025
The latest attempt to curb extraction in the Amazon still ties the ‘value’ of critical ecosystems to financial markets. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Lital Khaikin / TruthdigSep 30, 2025
In New York, Amazonian Indigenous nations denounce a planned auction of the Ecuadorian Amazon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Sabrina Fernandes, Breno Bringel / NACLAAug 29, 2025
A series of stories makes the case that the Amazon cannot be reduced to a carbon sink for the Global North or a market for green finance. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Alexander Zaitchik / TruthdigOct 14, 2024
A Waorani leader and her American husband bridge cultures to produce an exceptional and all-too-rare account of destruction and resilience in the Amazon. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Patricia Rodriguez / NACLAFeb 13, 2024
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel boom undermine promises for change? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Christopher Ketcham / TruthdigJan 2, 2024
In 2023, a number of climate records fell across a planet careening toward social and ecological chaos. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Eliana Lafone, Rebecca Wilson / NACLADec 22, 2023
Kichwa activist Leo Cerda on forest protecters, alliance building and moving beyond the extractive economy. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Gavin Voss / InSight CrimeAug 15, 2023
The Belém agreement takes important strides to protect the Amazon, but overlooks drug trafficking and transnational crime groups. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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