Jake Johnson / Common DreamsAug 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 )
Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkJul 16, 2019
Scientists now know where to start restoring the forests to soak up carbon and cool the planet. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CHRISTINA LARSON AND MAURICIO SAVARESE / The Associated PressNov 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 )
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Alex Kirby / Climate News NetworkAug 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 )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkAug 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 )
By Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkDec 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 )
By Paul Brown / Climate News NetworkNov 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 )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkJun 6, 2013
Regarding rainfall patterns and tree growth, nobody knows for certain what climate change will bring. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigDec 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 )
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