Climate & Environment

Amid worsening blackouts and fossil fuel contracts that deepen colonial dependency, Puerto Ricans are building energy sovereignty from the ground up—one rooftop solar panel at a time.

Os projetos de construção da COP30 reproduziram desigualdades sociais e injustiças ambientais de longa data, dando novo impulso às lutas pela água e pela vida na cidade.

In this special issue of the NACLA Report, we critically examine the rise of green capitalism in the region in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November.

After building the Tren Maya, Mexico’s military has expanded its commercial reach in the Yucatán, with no regard for transparency or accountability.

United Nations Climate Week in Panamá centered market-based false solutions to the climate crisis, but it's not too late to change course for the June global climate talks in Bonn.

Community-based governance structures put decision-making about Ixlán de Juarez’s forests into local hands, creating economic opportunity and reversing centuries of deforestation in the town.

After a two-year investigation, a comprehensive report, BBC documentary, and whistleblower dossier reveal alleged widespread contamination, health impacts, and surveillance by Colombia’s state-owned Ecopetrol.

Marcos Colón’s book, grounded in the experiences of Indigenous communities, examines how the institutional violence of Jair Bolsonaro’s government resulted in the environmental destruction of the Brazilian Amazon.

In the face of rifts over securitization issues and calls for conservation, Aris Mining intends to launch the Soto Norte mine in Santander, Colombia, in 2029.

Through storytelling and analysis, Blanc’s book tells an interior history of Brazil by recounting the political initiatives and legacy of the Prestes Column.

[CLOSED] NACLA is currently accepting proposals for our Fall 2025 issue on Green Capitalism in the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil in November. Send us your pitches by February 3, 2025.

In Puerto Rico, debates over energy sovereignty and the political struggle for self-determination take center stage in the upcoming gubernatorial election.