All Articles on Amazon Rainforest
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Views Indigenous Group Wins Unprecedented Right of Reply to Bolsonaro’s Racist Invective A federal judge in Brazil has ordered government websites to post a letter from the Kinja indigenous people for 30 days as part of their right to respond to racist rhetoric from the president's administration. Read more |
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Views Spreading the Word of God and Coronavirus: Outrage Over Evangelical Group Trying to Contact Isolated Amazon Tribes Amid Pandemic As the coronavirus spreads around the globe—with more than 300 known cases already in Brazil and members of President Bolsonaro's staff infected—an evangelical Christian organization has purchased a helicopter with plans to contact and convert isolated indigenous groups in the remote Western Amazon. Read more |
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News New Report Takes Aim at Five Banking Institutions Backing Amazon Rainforest Exploitation "Five of the world's most powerful financial institutions are actively contributing to climate change by providing debt and equity financing for crude oil extraction projects in the Amazon." Read more |
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Views Celebrating Climate Women on International Women's Day In the midst of multi-layered injustices including institutionalized patriarchy, colonization, racism, and economic inequality, women continually lead the way. Read more |
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News Indigenous People in Brazil Vow to Defeat Bolsonaro After "Perverse" Attack Claiming Tribes Are Still "Evolving" Into Human Beings The Association of Indigenous Peoples filed a lawsuit against the president after he claimed tribes are "evolving" and vowing to "integrate" them. Read more |
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Views Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon Since 2010, mile upon mile of rainforest has been replaced with a wide range of commercial developments, including cattle ranching, logging and the palm oil industry. Read more |
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Views The Realism of Bernie Sanders' Climate Policy Sanders believes that as our economy rapidly shifts to renewable energy, power companies should be publicly owned and controlled, and the biggest polluters should help underwrite the costs. Read more |
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News Bolsonaro, Facing Blame for Surge in Amazon Deforestation, Says Destruction Won't End Because "It's Cultural" The Brazilian president's new comments came after data confirmed that "2019 has been a dark year for the rainforest in Brazil." Read more |
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News Fueling Concerns of Approaching Catastrophic 'Tipping Point,' Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Hit Highest Level in Decade "These figures confirm what we feared, namely that 2019 has been a dark year for the rainforest in Brazil." Read more |
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News As Fires Rage in World's Largest Rainforest, NASA Warns 'Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon' One scientist said that "if this continues, the forest may no longer be able to sustain itself," which would seriously hamper efforts to limit global temperature rise and avert climate catastrophe. Read more |