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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest falls to lowest since 2015
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2024
» BRASILIA — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon fell 30.6% in the 12 months through July compared to the same period a year prior, according to government data released on Wednesday -- the smallest area destroyed in the world's largest rainforest in nine years.
Race to save the Amazon leaves out Brazil's crucial savanna
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» SãO DESIDéRIO (BRAZIL) - People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.
Amazon forests save $2bn in pollution healthcare: study
AFP, Published on 06/04/2023
» PARIS - Rainforests on Indigenous lands in Brazil's Amazon protect millions of people from heart and lung diseases by absorbing pollution and save $2 billion a year in healthcare costs, researchers said in a study published Thursday, urging increased protection against deforestation.
Biden hits road after fiery State of the Union speech
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden hit the road Wednesday with trips to the election battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Florida, after a barnstorming State of the Union speech reinforcing expectations that the 80-year-old will seek a second term.
Damaged Amazon forest now emitting more carbon than it absorbs
Published on 04/11/2021
» SAO PAULO, Brazil: Something is wrong. Holed up in her lab, Brazilian atmospheric chemist Luciana Gatti crunches her numbers again and again, thinking there is a mistake.
MP calls for Karen protection
News, Published on 28/05/2021
» An ethnic minority MP has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to drop a forest encroachment case against Bang Kloi villagers, who reside in Phetchaburi's Kaeng Krachan National Park.
Palm oil row fuels Swiss vote on Indonesia trade deal
AFP, Published on 05/03/2021
» ZURICH - Switzerland votes Sunday on a free trade deal with Indonesia but the agreement, which opens up a vast potential market, could slip up over the issue of palm oil imports.
PG&E agrees to $13.5bn payout for deadly California fires
AFP, Published on 07/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: California's Pacific Gas and Electric will pay $13.5 billion to settle lawsuits over its role in a series of wildfires that killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes, the utility giant said Friday.
'Unacceptable' power cuts blasted as California fire risk spreads south
AFP, Published on 11/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of thousands of Californians were still without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday as hot, windy conditions causing wildfires spread south toward Los Angeles, in a situation blasted as "unacceptable" by the state's governor.
A million Californians without power as fire risk spreads south
AFP, Published on 11/10/2019
» LOS ANGELES - More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles.