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Terrifying Trends Collide as Surging Deforestation 'Making World a Hotter, Drier Place'

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Over 15,000 Scientists Just Issued a 'Second Notice' to Humanity. Can We Listen Now?

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"Humanity is not taking the urgent steps needed to safeguard our imperiled biosphere," over 15,000 scientists warned in a letter published Monday. (Photo: NASA)

Reassessing warning issued 25 years ago, the "second notice" to humanity warns of "widespread misery and catastrophic biodiversity loss" unless business-as-usual is upended

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Federal Court Dismisses RICO and Defamation Lawsuit Against Greenpeace

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"These cases don't seek justice," says Greenpeace USA's general counsel. "They...

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Mexican Goldman Environmentalist Prize Winner Killed in Latest Attack on Latin American Activists

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

'The threats Isidro Baldenegro López faced for his resistance are emblematic of...

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The Fort McMurray Fire: 'Absolutely a Harbinger of Things to Come'

'On Borrowed Time': Humans Putting One in Five Plant Species at Risk of Extinction

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Indonesia's Deforestation-Fueled Wildfires May Be World's Worst Climate Crisis

Humankind Has Halved the Number of Trees on the Planet

Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change

Facing Government Crackdown, Greenpeace India 'Refuses to be Intimidated'

Palm Oil Development Fueling Demise of Biodiversity 'Crown Jewel': Report

Indigenous Groups Occupy Airport Near Amazon Oil Reserves

Environmental Funding Bypasses Indigenous Communities

Groups: Time Is Now To End 'Shocking Degradation' of World's Forests

US, Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees

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Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Adopts New Sourcing Policy on Wood-Based Fabrics

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

NGOs Demand Olympic Authorities End Rainforest Destruction and Human Rights Abuses Connected to Tokyo 2020 Olympics Construction

Amazon Watch

Tested, Cost-effective, and Practical: Secure Community Land Rights Can Help Protect the Earth and Prevent the Climate Crisis

Worldwatch Institute

Evidence Links Family Planning with Improved Environmental Outcomes

Greenpeace

Brazilian Soy Moratorium Renewed Indefinitely

Earthjustice

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Effort to Overturn Tongass National Forest Protections

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Andy Rowell

From Ophelia to the Amazon: the Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable

Benjamin Dangl

How Top Food Companies Fail to Protect Environmental Activists in Supply Chains

Sue Branford, Maurício Torres

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GRAIN

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Dawn Bickett

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