Glenn Scherer

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Glenn is a journalist and editor whose writing about the environment has appeared on ScientificAmerican.com, Salon.com, Grist.org, DailyClimate.org, and in more than 150 U.S. newspapers. He has worked as a researcher and speechwriter for TV journalist Bill Moyers, and co-founded Blue Ridge Press in 2007, a nationally syndicated environmental commentary service published in 550 of the nation’s newspapers which has reached more than 90 million readers.

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Amazon trees may absorb far less carbon than previously thought: study

Nearly three months after Brazil oil spill, origins remain uncertain

Sugarcane threatens Amazon forest and world climate; Brazilian ethanol is not clean (commentary)

Brazil adds deforestation monitoring for all biomes, so long as money lasts

Brazil’s ‘coconut breakers’ feel the squeeze of Cerrado development

LIDAR technology leads Brazilian team to 30 story tall Amazon tree

Enforce Brazilian laws to curb criminal Amazon deforestation: study

Indigenous and riverine communities unite to fight Amazon invaders

As Bolsonaro meets with Xi, China silent on Brazil environmental crisis

As 2019 Amazon fires die down, Brazilian deforestation roars ahead

Venezuelan crisis: Government censors environmental and scientific data

Vatican calls landmark meeting to conserve Amazon, protect indigenous peoples

Brazilian beef industry plays outsized role in tropical carbon emissions: report

The climate crisis and the pain of losing what we love (commentary)

Prompted by Amazon fires, 230 investors warn firms linked to deforestation

Bolsonaro’s Brazil unlikely to achieve Paris Agreement goals: experts

Youth climate strikes sweep Asia ahead of UN Climate Action Summit

As climate change disrupts the annual monsoon, India must prepare (Commentary)

The Arctic and climate change (1979 – 2019): What the ice record tells us

Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests

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

Facing a possible Climate Apocalypse: How should we live? (commentary)

Expand or Intensify? Balancing biodiversity and rising food needs: study

Camera trap study reveals Amazon ocelot’s survival strategies

Private sector could play outsized role in Cerrado conservation: study

State governors support Bolsonaro’s Amazon mining, agribusiness plans

Amazon deforestation and development heighten Amazon fire risk: study

Giant Norway pension fund weighs Brazil divestment over Amazon deforestation

Brazilian response to Bolsonaro policies and Amazon fires grows

Misinformation and blame spread concerning sources of Amazon fires

Bolsonaro expresses ‘love’ for Amazon as it burns, offers no policy shift

2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

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