Blooms of smelly and unsightly sargassum seaweed have impacted the tourism industry across the Caribbean. Now, solutions must balance environmental factors and local livelihoods.
Citizen-led solar initiatives in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria remedied immediate local challenges and forged increased resilience using sustainable power, serving as an important example in clean energy development.
As far-right neo-fascist Jair Bolsonaro takes office in Brazil, the radical changes his administration proposes could set off a wave of state-sponsored violence, plunder, and environmental destruction.