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Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges

Justin Catanoso 31 Aug 2020

Amazon gold mining wipes out rainforest regeneration for years: Study

Taran Volckhausen 4 Aug 2020

Only a few ‘rotten apples’ causing most illegal Brazil deforestation: Study

Sarah Sax 17 Jul 2020

Brazil’s past finance ministers defend environment against Bolsonaro

Jenny Gonzales 16 Jul 2020

World’s biggest trade deal in trouble over EU anger at Brazil deforestation

Jenny Gonzales 6 Jul 2020

Gold priced at $1,700 per ounce brings new gold rush to Brazilian Amazon

Fábio Nascimento (photos) and Gustavo Faleiros (text) 1 Jul 2020

British Columbia poised to lose ‘white rhino of old growth forests’

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

Trendy, cheap, and dirty: Fashion is a top global polluter

Liz Kimbrough 23 Apr 2020
Lion. Image by Tambako the Jaguar via Flickr (CC BY-ND-2.0)

Coronavirus is a crisis for South Africa’s captive lions, campaigners warn

James Fair 13 Apr 2020

As COVID-19 spreads, commodity markets rumble

Ashoka Mukpo 6 Apr 2020

Brazil sets record for highly hazardous pesticide consumption: Report

Jenny Gonzales 12 Mar 2020

Brazil drastically reduces controls over suspicious Amazon timber exports

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 11 Mar 2020

Private firms will pay soy farmers not to deforest Brazil’s Cerrado

Sarah Sax 11 Feb 2020

EU/Chinese soy consumption linked to species impacts in Brazilian Cerrado: study

Sarah Sax 24 Dec 2019

COP25: EU officials say biomass burning policy to come under critical review

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

COP25: Wood pellet CEO claims biomass carbon neutrality, despite science

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

UN and policymakers, wake up! Burning trees for energy is not carbon neutral (commentary)

Mary Booth 16 Sep 2019

Carbon to burn: UK net-zero emissions pledge undermined by biomass energy

Justin Catanoso 19 Jun 2019

Slave labor found at second Starbucks-certified Brazilian coffee farm

Daniel Camargos contributor for Repórter Brasil 3 May 2019

EU sued to stop burning trees for energy; it’s not carbon neutral: plaintiffs

Justin Catanoso 6 Mar 2019

As Brazilian agribusiness booms, family farms feed the nation

Anna Sophie Gross 17 Jan 2019

Amazon soy boom poses urgent existential threat to landless movement

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 20 Dec 2018

COP24: Summit a step forward, but fails to address climate urgency

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2018

COP24: Will they stay or will they go? Brazil’s threat to leave Paris

Justin Catanoso 14 Dec 2018

COP24: Nations complicit in ignoring bioenergy climate bomb, experts say

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2018

In the belly of the beast: journalist delves into wildlife trafficking

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2018

Traditional groups sowing sustainable crops could save Venezuelan park

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 24 Sep 2018
Wood that was cut for charcoal production near Katha, northern Myanmar. Villages in this area used to cut teak and other valuable trees for export, but have since started producing charcoal. The charcoal being exported to China can be made from any tree, regardless of size or kind. This amount of trees could produce about 150 bags of charcoal. Photo by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

‘Single-minded determination’: China’s global infrastructure spree rings alarm bells

Basten Gokkon 17 Jul 2018

Another Cecil? Secrecy surrounds June trophy lion hunt

Jeremy Hance 13 Jul 2018

UN forest accounting loophole allows CO2 underreporting by EU, UK, US

Justin Catanoso 2 May 2018

China’s Belt and Road poised to transform the Earth, but at what cost?

Giovanni Ortolani 24 Apr 2018

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