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An InfoAmazonia investigation found patterns of illegal gold laundering in the Tapajós River basin in Pará state, where Indigenous communities like the Munduruku people face mercury contamination from mining activity.
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
Hard-to-meet federal requirements are slowing down the pace of remediation, state regulators say.
In the new horror-tinged Western, a fictional Pueblo tribe and a fractured town reveal how pandemic politics and AI infrastructure deepen old patterns of violence.
U.S. sanctions helped cause the near-total collapse of Venezuelan oil production — damage that President Trump is now using as justification for his military strike against the country.
The pledge was born out of shareholder activism — and was withdrawn as regulators crack down on greenwashing.
The ruling could allow federal agencies to skip climate analysis when approving major projects — with wide-reaching consequences.
“This is not a fluke. We should expect to see more rapidly intensifying hurricanes in a warming climate.”
The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun can shine all day.
