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Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

Associated Press 18 Jun 2025
Pelicans have rebounded on the restored Queen Bess Island off the coast of Louisiana. Photo courtesy of Alisha Renfro

Pelicans recover, but dolphins and other species struggle 15 years after BP oil spill

Mongabay.com 18 Jun 2025
Oil in Amazon

Unnoticed oil & gas threat looms for Indigenous people near Amazon blocks

Fernanda Wenzel 6 Jun 2025
Exploratory oil drilling in the Amazon. Image courtesy of Colin Dunlop.

Why Brazil should abandon its plans for oil and gas in Amazonia (commentary)

Philip M. Fearnside 5 Jun 2025
Representatives from several associations submit an open letter to the UNFCCC, stating that climate finance must adhere to the principle of historical responsibility for the climate change by wealthy industrialized countries by repaying the 'ecological debt' to developing countries in the Global South.

Carbon capture projects promise a climate fix — and a fossil fuel lifeline

Nithin Coca 4 Jun 2025
Banner image of tiang in South Sudan ©Marcus Westberg/African Parks.

New maps reveal Earth’s largest land mammal migration

Kristine Sabillo 3 Jun 2025

US pioneers restoration of deep water corals damaged by country’s worst oil spill

Liz Kimbrough 30 May 2025
Cape Orange National Park on the Amazonian coast of the state of Amapá. Offshore oil block 59 is located 160 kilometers (99 miles) away. Image © Victor Moriyama/Greenpeace.

Brazil advances with plan to drill oil at the mouth of the Amazon River

Shanna Hanbury 26 May 2025
Oil industry giants like Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies are planning to refit existing oil refineries or build new biofuel plants to produce renewable diesel.

As renewable diesel surges, sustainability claims are deeply questioned

Sean Mowbray 12 May 2025
The sun sets New York City. Lengthy record-setting heat waves can be costly, greatly increasing ozone and other air pollutants, resulting in deaths and hospitalizations, while also straining energy grids, transportation networks and water supplies. Image by Johannes Plenio (@jplenio) via Unsplash.

Science lays out framework to assess climate liability of fossil fuel majors

Justin Catanoso 9 May 2025
A mother and baby chimpanzee in the mangroves of Conkouati-Douli National Park.

Protected parks in peril as Republic of Congo ramps up oil drilling

Elodie Toto 7 May 2025

Global offshore oil platforms are among top ocean polluters, report finds

Bobby Bascomb 29 Apr 2025
A fisher at sea.

Oil companies have downplayed extent of spills in Gulf of Mexico, investigation finds

Gibran Mena Aguilar, Michelle Carrere 28 Apr 2025
Plastic pellets found on a beach in New Zealand.

New EU plastic pellet rules greeted with caution

Alex Shaw 22 Apr 2025
Susana Muhamad interacts with an Indigenous representative.

Colombia’s green transition should be inclusive: Interview with Susana Muhamad, former environment minister

Mie Hoejris Dahl 8 Apr 2025
The families of fishers gather on Jan. 3 for a communal meal provided by the Talara Fishermen’s Guild.

Peruvian fishers sue for additional compensation after big December oil spill

Miguel Ángel Valero, Sandra Incio 2 Apr 2025
An Ecopetrol refinery near Barrancabermeja, Colombia. Image courtesy of EIA.

Leaked data reveals decades of unreported pollution by Colombia oil giant

Mongabay.com 31 Mar 2025
Repsol’s 2022 oil spill contaminated two protected areas.

5 takeaways from the 2022 Repsol oil spill in Peru

Mongabay Latam 24 Mar 2025

Chinese business in the Amazon generates controversy

Timothy J. Killeen 21 Mar 2025

US jury sides with pipeline company in lawsuit against Greenpeace

Bobby Bascomb 20 Mar 2025
oil spill river

Colombia’s top oil company concealed environmental damages: Investigation

Mie Hoejris Dahl 20 Mar 2025
Oil spill in Ecuador’s northwestern Esmeraldas municipality. Image courtesy of Eduardo Rebolledo Monsalve.

Esmeraldas oil spill in Ecuador devastates rivers and wildlife refuge

Shanna Hanbury 19 Mar 2025
Fishermen returning from their fishing trip in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Image by Elodie Toto/Mongabay.

Gas leak from BP platform off West Africa worries fishermen, environmentalists

Elodie Toto 13 Mar 2025

Brazil’s SUDAM scandal, a case of government-backed deforestation

Timothy J. Killeen 7 Mar 2025
Image of a female lion with wildebeest kill in Tanzania. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

African NGOs appeal judgement in controversial oil pipeline case

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Feb 2025
Total Energies Plant in Djeno. Behind one can see the smoke rising from the flares. Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay.

Documents, satellite data expose ongoing pollution near TotalEnergies’ Republic of Congo oil terminal

Elodie Toto 20 Feb 2025

Nigerian president’s bid to resume oil drilling in Ogoniland a ‘betrayal,’ groups say

Malavika Vyawahare 3 Feb 2025
An oilfield location in Muanda early in the morning.

DRC orders environmental, operational audits of oil company Perenco

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Jan 2025

Experts question benefits of Colombian forestation project led by top oil trader

Carla Ruas 23 Dec 2024

The fuel that moves people: the Ecuadorian case

Timothy J. Killeen 20 Dec 2024

European Commission to review Greek oil activity permits in whale habitat

Shreya Dasgupta 19 Dec 2024
Advocates of next-gen geothermal note that using already-designed oil and gas industry technology can bring socioeconomic benefits, allowing fossil fuel industry personnel to be retrained to work for the renewables industry.

Next-gen geothermal offers circular promise, but needs care and caution

Sean Mowbray 18 Dec 2024

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