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🛢️ Drilling rights, climate wrongs

🛢️ Drilling rights, climate wrongs

Despite protests, Tuesday’s auction saw the area of the Amazon River Mouth basin sold to oil companies increase by 285%.

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
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💧 Ignoring data center risks

💧 Ignoring data center risks

The Brazilian government hopes to attract big bucks with a new tax incentive policy for data centers, but it has completely ignored the environmental risks of these projects.

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Euan Marshall
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🚷 Remote Amazon remains lawless

🚷 Remote Amazon remains lawless

The Lula government promised security improvements in the Javari Valley indigenous land, where organized crime runs rampant and Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira were murdered three years ago. But local leaders say the situation is just as bad as it was in 2022

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
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🦜 Saving the Atlantic Forest

🦜 Saving the Atlantic Forest

How the story of one endemic parrot can hold the key to preserving one of Brazil’s most important and biodiverse biomes

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Euan Marshall
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🪪 License for destruction

🪪 License for destruction

A bill approved by the Senate waives the need for environmental licensing for a number of potentially destructive endeavors. Environmentalists call the move one of the biggest setbacks in recent history

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Euan Marshall
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🌳 Deforestation drops Brazil-wide

🌳 Deforestation drops Brazil-wide

A report from satellite monitoring platform MapBiomas shows that deforestation either fell sharply or remained stable in all of Brazil’s biomes. And the Cerrado remains the country’s hotspot for vegetation loss

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Euan Marshall
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🤔 How old is the Amazon?

🤔 How old is the Amazon?

A project involving scientists from 13 countries has drilled deep underground in an attempt to date the Amazon basin and figure out how it became such a haven for biodiversity

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Euan Marshall
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💸 Does oil bring development?

💸 Does oil bring development?

Despite the risks of drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, local governments in northern Brazil argue oil exploration is the way toward prosperity — but has that worked out elsewhere in the country?

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
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🥩 Steaks are high for Brazil’s emissions
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🥩 Steaks are high for Brazil’s emissions

Brazil’s beef sector needs profound changes to meet the country’s emission pledges. And we take a different look at the infrastructure bottlenecks and preparation delays for COP30

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Euan Marshall
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🌳 Brazil’s Valley of Death turns green

🌳 Brazil’s Valley of Death turns green

The Brazilian city of Cubatão, once dubbed the most polluted city on Earth, has now received awards for its urban forestry in its continuing path to transformation

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall
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🍁 Feds give new meaning to ‘green’ fuel
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🍁 Feds give new meaning to ‘green’ fuel

A forensics expert at the Federal Police in the northern state of Pará has developed a project to make biofuel out of cannabis seized by the authorities in drug raids

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Euan Marshall
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💬 Negotiating the non-negotiable
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💬 Negotiating the non-negotiable

The Supreme Court wraps up its conciliation process on indigenous land rights. Plus, the latest on preparations for the UN Climate Conference in Belém

Euan Marshall
Euan Marshall