Environment

“Almost all of the worst ideas in the United States have been intentionally exported to Brazil as a way to make Brazil a worse country that’s more in line with U.S. interests.”

The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires affected a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.

Despite at least 10 arrests and the destruction of the tree at the center of the protest, the standoff continues.

Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is pushing to aggressively expand solar farms into the Mojave Desert, which advocates say would decimate its vast biodiversity.

The U.S. militarization of Guam has left its residents living with a legacy of pollution, environmental degradation, and cultural loss. Other Pacific islands may be next.

The U.S.–Israeli war has caused massive environmental devastation, adding to the long history of American wars with toxic legacies.

As the G20 descends on Asheville, the communities that helped rebuild after Hurricane Helene live in fear of Trump’s immigration regime.

A single tree sit grew into a cross-border continuous protest to defend the Arizona borderland ecology. So far, activists are succeeding.

From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national politics.

DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said.