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Mine waste dams threaten the environment, even when they don’t fail

Staff Writer - February 24, 2020

Christopher Sergeant, The University of Montana and Julian D. Olden, University of Washington Scars from large mining operations are permanently etched across the landscapes of...

Business

Monsanto wins $7.7b lawsuit in Brazil – but farmers’ fight to...

Staff Writer - October 31, 2019

Karine Eliane Peschard, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID) A Brazilian appeals court has decided in favor of Monsanto,...

Environment

The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest

Staff Writer - August 23, 2019

Catesby Holmes, The Conversation Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire season that has charred 1,330 square...

Economy

How social media is helping Big Tobacco hook a new generation...

Staff Writer - March 27, 2019

Robert Kozinets, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Big Tobacco is increasingly using social media to find new ways to hook...

Politics

Venomous yellow scorpions are moving into Brazil’s big cities – and...

Staff Writer - February 11, 2019

Hamilton Coimbra Carvalho, Universidade de Sao Paulo I live in São Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil, home to some 12 million people – 20...

Environment

Amazon deforestation, already rising, may spike under Bolsonaro

Staff Writer - January 28, 2019

Robert T. Walker, University of Florida Over the past 25 years that I have been conducting environmental research in the Amazon, I have witnessed the...

Politics

Bolsonaro’s anger won over working-class Brazilians, but his presidency may betray...

Staff Writer - December 29, 2018

Benjamin H. Bradlow, Brown University Brazil’s next president Jair Bolsonaro, who takes power on Jan. 1, is often called the “Trump of the Tropics” for...