Climate & Environment

May 8, 2024
Michael Fox

Climate change and poor disaster preparedness have exacerbated the impacts of historic floods that have left parts of southern Brazil underwater.

April 29, 2024
Patricia Rodríguez

For one researcher and member of the Colombian environmental movement, confronting the climate crisis—and the false solutions proposed to address it—means transforming society as we know it.

February 22, 2024
Benjamin Swift with Laura Barriga Dávalos

As massive wildfires swept across Bolivia in late 2023, a classist, racist, and capitalist public outcry deflected from the primary drivers of drought and deforestation.

February 13, 2024
Patricia Rodríguez

For a small farmer in Rio de Janeiro state, a private port catering to the fossil fuel industry has brought a decade-long struggle to remain on the land.

February 12, 2024
Patricia Rodriguez

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel boom undermine promises for change?

February 5, 2024
Natalia Torres Garzón

Vulnerable dwellers were disproportionately affected by recent wildfires in Colombia's capital. As climate change exacerbates El Niño’s impact, affected families regroup amid the threat of additional blazes.

January 16, 2024
Patricia Rodríguez

From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism in their territory.

January 15, 2024
Patricia Rodríguez

With another oil and gas bonanza brewing and a new far-right president in the Casa Rosada, people-led proposals for a just energy transition are more urgent than ever.

December 20, 2023
Giovana Girardi for Agência Pública

New calculation shows CO2 emissions from burning Equatorial Margin oil are 3 times Brazil’s goal for 2030.

December 19, 2023
Eliana Lafone and Rebecca Wilson

Kichwa activist Leo Cerda discusses the crucial role of national and global alliances in transitioning from extractive fossil fuels to greener alternatives.

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