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Proposed Amazon dam attracts illegal loggers, threatens local farmers

Tatiana Farah, from Repórter Brasil 19 May 2016

Tapajós dam puts newly discovered species, indigenous people at risk

Tatiana Farah, from Repórter Brasil 17 May 2016

Keeping Amazon fish connected is key to their conservation

Claire Salisbury 13 May 2016

Ethics, sustainability, and Amazon hydropower: mission impossible?

Claire Salisbury 4 May 2016

Amazon mega-dam suspended, providing hope for indigenous people and biodiversity

Claire Salisbury 22 Apr 2016

BNDES funded Belo Monte dam — a mega-project with mega-problems

Sue Branford 17 Mar 2016

BNDES has long history of loans to gigantic construction companies

Sue Branford 14 Mar 2016

Chinese dam builder eyeing major Amazon mega-dam contract

Piero Locatelli from Repórter Brasil 26 Feb 2016

Indonesia’s peat peninsula being drained into oblivion, study finds

Loren Bell 24 Feb 2016

Aceh citizens ask governor to keep bulldozers out of a crucial rainforest

Junaidi Hanafiah 12 Feb 2016

From fires to floods: Indonesia’s disaster agency prepares for rain

Mongabay Haze Beat 17 Nov 2015

Cambodian dam proceeds despite opposition over fish, ousted villagers

Rod Harbinson 17 Aug 2015

Rising seas, sinking peat to swamp Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil

Erik Meijaard 13 Jun 2015

Record heat in Antarctica

Mongabay.com 29 Mar 2015

River flooding to affect 40M people annually by 2030

Loren Bell 11 Mar 2015

Illegal logging contributed to deadly Malaysian floods, according to government minister

Mike Gaworecki 11 Feb 2015

High deforestation rates in Malaysian states hit by flooding

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jan 2015

Man plants forest, becomes film star

Apoorva Joshi 14 Nov 2014

One man plants forest larger than Central Park

Apoorva Joshi 13 Nov 2014

New study finds environmental damage globally may cost more than U.S. GDP

Morgan Erickson-Davis 6 Jun 2014

Controversial Amazon dams may have exacerbated biblical flooding

Jeremy Hance 16 Mar 2014

Natural sponges: forests help moderate floods, droughts

Mongabay.com 20 Dec 2013

Drastic cuts to greenhouse gases could save hundreds of U.S. cities from watery grave

Fiona Harvey 1 Aug 2013

Asian cities face high disaster risk with 650,000 killed in 2000s

Mongabay.com 16 Nov 2012

It’s not just Sandy: U.S. hit by record droughts, fires, and heatwaves in 2012

Jeremy Hance 5 Nov 2012

One in eight people suffer from malnutrition worldwide

Jeremy Hance 16 Oct 2012

Forest destruction leads to more floods in temperate regions

Jeremy Hance 4 Oct 2012

Mangroves protect coastal areas against storm damage

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2012

Climate change increased the probability of Texas drought, African famine, and other extreme weather

Jeremy Hance 11 Jul 2012

As U.S. sees record heat, extreme weather pummels 4 continents

Jeremy Hance 10 Jul 2012

Thousands worldwide to “connect the dots” between climate change and extreme weather this weekend

Jeremy Hance 3 May 2012

“Strong evidence” linking extreme heatwaves, floods, and droughts to climate change

Jeremy Hance 28 Mar 2012

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