Bernie Sanders Unveils ‘Game-Changing’ New Climate Plan

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Aug 22, 2019 The Vermont senator's proposal would transition the U.S. economy to renewable energy by 2050 and create 20 million jobs over a decade. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Can Trees Save Us From Climate Change?

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jul 16, 2019 Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Scientists Warn Brazil’s New President May Smother Rainforest

CHRISTINA LARSON AND MAURICIO SAVARESE / The Associated Press Nov 27, 2018 Jair Bolsonaro, who takes office Jan. 1, has pledged to convert vast stretches of land into cattle pastures and soybean farms. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Tax Havens Pose Threat to Oceans and Rainforests

Alex Kirby / Climate News Network Aug 15, 2018 Most of the foreign money funding ocean plunder and the felling of the Amazon forest comes from havens designed to conceal wealth and money flows of multinationals, politicians and the rich, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Reforestation Can Turn Back the Carbon Clock

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 22, 2016 Halting tree-felling and land clearance is not enough to save tropical rainforests without restoration programs in degraded areas, scientists say. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

High-Level Danger for Forest Giants

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 14, 2015 The tallest trees play a vital role in combating global warming by taking carbon from the atmosphere, but they are at great risk from ever-increasing droughts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Forest Destruction Can Be Cut by Half

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Nov 30, 2015 A new study shows that political will is all that is needed to stop the chainsaws and bulldozers that are destroying tropical forests and contributing to global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Plenty of Surprises as World Warms

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jun 6, 2013 Regarding rainfall patterns and tree growth, nobody knows for certain what climate change will bring. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Miners Allegedly Killed Dozens of Indigenous Amazonians

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 30, 2012 A human rights group has reported an attack on the Yanomami tribe in Venezuela that has left up to 80 people dead after gold miners set fire to a communal house last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Disappearing Brazilian Tribe Cries Out

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2012 Terrorized by gunmen, loggers, drug traffickers and encroaching farmers, the 355 surviving members of the Amazonian Awá tribe face extinction if the Brazilian government and the international community fail to protect them from what a Brazilian judge termed "a real genocide." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pope: Homosexuality Is Unnatural

Staff / Truthdig Dec 23, 2008 Pope Benedict XVI on Monday called for the protection of traditional heterosexuality, comparing the Catholic church's role in defending the family to saving the rain forests. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )