One of the main social and economic challenges facing Amazonian countries is inequality.  Although the standard of living of the lower economic strata is better now than at any time in history, tens ...

“It was never a promise that JBS was going to make this happen,” Weller said about the net-zero emissions pledge. He also ...

The hit song YMCA has become something of an anthem that has closed out nearly all of Trump's campaign rallies.

Jake Spring joined The Washington Post climate desk in 2025. Previously, he worked as a Reuters correspondent in Brazil and China, served as editor of China Economic Review and covered business for ...

A carbon markets investor backed by Swiss-trading house Mercuria said on Wednesday it had joined with two non-profits to ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has captured another remarkable shot, this one showing the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar.

According to the Brazilian Federal Police, Bruno Heller is one of Amazon's largest deforesters and relied on legal and technical advice, including a fake contract, bribing police officers, and ...

Wildfires in Brazil last year consumed a total area larger than all of Italy, a monitor reported Wednesday, as the country ...

Carbon markets investor Silvania, backed by Swiss-trading house Mercuria and two non-profits, announced a $1.5 billion fund ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation, with authorities suspecting some fires were set to more easily clear land to run cattle. The Amazon is twice the size of India and sprawls across ...

A carbon markets investor backed by Swiss-trading house Mercuria said today it had joined with two non-profits to raise an ...