Brazil's Bolsonaro slams Biden for 'coward threats' over Amazon

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reacted angrily on Wednesday to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's call for a world effort to offer Brazil $20 billion to end Amazon deforestation or face unspecified "economic consequences."

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Bolsonaro plays down Amazon fires, accuses NGOs of blocking land titling

President Jair Bolsonaro says Brazil is being "disproportionately" criticized for fires in the Amazon rainforest and Pantanal wetlands, at a time when many places around the world were seeing a surge in blazes.

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Burned jaguars, fire tornadoes: Blazes in Brazil wetland deliver climate warning

A fire has been burning since mid-July in the remote wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving in its wake a vast charred desolation bigger than New York City.

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Climate

Hit by COVID and climate change, island states battle debt crisis

As the coronavirus pandemic compounds worsening economic pressures from climate change impacts, small island developing nations on Monday appealed for international financial support to help them avert a looming debt crisis.

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Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest worsened in the first week of September and are increasingly spreading into areas of untouched forest, satellite data showed as of Wednesday, after the number of fires likely reached a 10-year high in August.

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Water

Trees, birds, ponds: Mexico City's ancient lake reclaims scrapped airport

Bright green stalks of weeds are sprouting from the ground where planes were supposed to take off at a new Mexico City airport as officials let nature take over in their bid to transform the marshy swath of an ancient lake into a giant park.

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Amazon animal rescue brings hope from blazes great and small

Xita, a tiny monkey with sad brown eyes, clutches her newborn tight. Both are fighting for their lives.

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Toxics

ICYMI: Bayer launches carbon capture program for farmers in U.S. and Brazil

Bayer AG launched a pilot program in the United States and Brazil on Tuesday that will pay farmers for capturing carbon in cropland soils, making it the latest agriculture company to seek to capitalize on environmental initiatives. One incentive for farmers will be credits toward Bayer products, e.g., RoundUp.

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Mexico's president nods to environment but favors state energy firms

On the campaign trail two years ago, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to meet Mexico's commitments on combating global warming and discussed moving the oil-producing nation away from fossil fuels with leading environmentalists, like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

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Mexico's Pemex tests limits of investor influence on climate change

At a time when oil production is at historic lows, lenders who want Mexican oil giant Pemex to adapt to climate change are struggling to be heard.

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Toxics

Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate

Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product.

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Toxics

Concrete, a centuries-old material, gets a new recipe

A building block in most construction projects, concrete is responsible for about 8 percent of global carbon emissions. Several companies are working to create a greener mix.

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Justice

Miners need more engineers to meet new tailings dam safety standard

Catastrophic failures in recent years have killed hundreds of people and inundated nearby communities with mine waste.

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Petrobras says ready to launch soy-based renewable diesel upon regulatory approval

Petrobras is ready to produce renewable diesel from soy or other edible oils at commercial scale and will expand investments in the segment as soon as it is granted a sales permit, the company's refining head, Anelise Lara, says.

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Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surge in July, worst in recent days

The number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest jumped 28% in July from a year ago, official data shows, as some environmentalists warned a jump this week could signal a repeat of last year's surging destruction of the world's largest rainforest.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro slams Biden for 'coward threats' over Amazon

Bolsonaro plays down Amazon fires, accuses NGOs of blocking land titling

Burned jaguars, fire tornadoes: Blazes in Brazil wetland deliver climate warning

Hit by COVID and climate change, island states battle debt crisis

Brazil's Amazon fires worsen in September, threaten virgin forests

Trees, birds, ponds: Mexico City's ancient lake reclaims scrapped airport

Amazon animal rescue brings hope from blazes great and small

ICYMI: Bayer launches carbon capture program for farmers in U.S. and Brazil

Mexico's president nods to environment but favors state energy firms

Mexico's Pemex tests limits of investor influence on climate change

Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate

Concrete, a centuries-old material, gets a new recipe

Miners need more engineers to meet new tailings dam safety standard

Petrobras says ready to launch soy-based renewable diesel upon regulatory approval

Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surge in July, worst in recent days

Climate change will continue to widen gaps in food security, new study finds

Countries already struggling with low crop yields will be hurt most by a warming climate.

The chemical BPA is widespread on beaches around the world

"When we lie on the beach, we're not only lying on a bed of sand but a bed of plastics."

Why environmental justice needs to be on the docket in the presidential debates: Derrick Z. Jackson

If you want to talk about the inequality in our economy, COVID-19, race, and silent violence in our cities, you need to start with environmental injustice.

Our plastic planet

While climate change remains environmental issue #1, the worries over plastic in our water, soil, food, and bodies continue to grow.

Microplastics in farm soils: A growing concern

Researchers say that more microplastics pollution is getting into farm soil than oceans—and these tiny bits are showing up in our fruits, veggies, and bodies.

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Countries already struggling with low crop yields will be hurt most by a warming climate.

"When we lie on the beach, we're not only lying on a bed of sand but a bed of plastics."

If you want to talk about the inequality in our economy, COVID-19, race, and silent violence in our cities, you need to start with environmental injustice.

While climate change remains environmental issue #1, the worries over plastic in our water, soil, food, and bodies continue to grow.

Researchers say that more microplastics pollution is getting into farm soil than oceans—and these tiny bits are showing up in our fruits, veggies, and bodies.

An exclusive look at important research just over the horizon that promises to impact our health and the environment

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