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

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2020

Indonesia’s $300m geothermal play risks being undercut by cheap coal

Basten Gokkon 19 Jun 2020

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

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

As bioethanol demand rises, biodiversity will fall in Cerrado, study says

Naira Hofmeister 4 May 2020
Waimiri-Atroari indigenous village, where the Kinja indigenous people live in the northernmost state of Roraima, in the Brazilian Amazon. A federal judge has ordered government websites to publish a letter from the Kinja indigenous people for 30 days as part of their right of response to racist rhetoric by the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro. Image by Maiká Schwade/CPT Amazonas

Indigenous group wins unprecedented right of reply to Bolsonaro’s racist invective

Shanna Hanbury 7 Apr 2020

Amazon Tipping Point puts Brazil’s agribusiness, energy sector at risk: Top scientists

Shanna Hanbury 24 Feb 2020

Making a thriller out of Belo Monte hydro dam: Q&A with filmmaker Sabrina McCormick

Débora Pinto 18 Feb 2020

In Indonesian renewables bill, activists see chance to move away from coal

Basten Gokkon 14 Feb 2020

Use it, don’t lose it: Q&A with Amazon eco scientist Marcelino Guedes

Débora Pinto 29 Jan 2020

Catastrophic Amazon tipping point less than 30 years away: study

Claire Asher 23 Jan 2020

Amazon’s Munduruku stage daring Christmas raid to recover sacred urns

Rosamaria Loures; and Sue Branford* 20 Jan 2020

Belo Monte boondoggle: Brazil’s biggest, costliest dam may be unviable

Tiffany Higgins 17 Jan 2020

Antonio Donato Nobre: “The forest is sick and losing its carbon-sequestration capacity”

Sibélia Zanon 23 Dec 2019

Brazil on the precipice: from environmental leader to despoiler (2010-2020)

Sue Branford and Thais Borges 23 Dec 2019

COP25: Self-serving G20 spites youth, humanity, world at climate talks

Justin Catanoso 17 Dec 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 16 Dec 2019

COP25: Brazil’s official presence diverges widely from its public persona

Camila Nobrega 13 Dec 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 13 Dec 2019

COP25: Laura Vargas inspires with power of faith in defense of forests

Justin Catanoso 10 Dec 2019

Hopes dim as COP25 delegates dicker over Article 6 and world burns: critics

Justin Catanoso 9 Dec 2019

Analysis: Floating solar power along the dammed-up Mekong River

David Brown 3 Dec 2019

COP25 may put climate at greater risk by failing to address forests

Justin Catanoso 2 Dec 2019

‘Everything is dying’: Q&A with Brazilian indigenous leader Alessandra Munduruku

Camila Nobrega 27 Nov 2019

Brazil sugarcane growth can meet biofuel need and not drive deforestation: study

Claire Asher 25 Nov 2019

Brazil works behind scene to greenlight Manaus-Boa Vista transmission line

Caio de Freitas Paes 20 Nov 2019

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

Lucas Ferrante and Philip M. Fearnside 18 Nov 2019

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

Mary Booth 16 Sep 2019

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

Glenn Scherer 15 Sep 2019
Beira residents carrying belongings wade through flooded street in Beira.

When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Aug 2019

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

Justin Catanoso 19 Jun 2019

Exposing coal-fueled politics: Q&A with investigative journo Dandhy Laksono

Basten Gokkon 24 May 2019

Former Brazilian enviro ministers blast Bolsonaro environmental assaults

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 23 May 2019

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