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Canadian mining company Belo Sun has filed a lawsuit against community leaders and environmental rights groups for invading and occupying company-owned land, in a case the defendants are calling an attempt to criminalize environmental defenders in the region. According to some lawyers and campaigners not involved in the case, the lawsuit lacks accuracy and Belo […]

A new report reveals the role big finance plays in driving tropical deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change and human rights abuses.

Gas Leaks advocacy group’s ad resembling horror movie trailer is latest in broader push to counter fossil fuel industry messaging

Humans have been the driving force behind the devastation of the Amazon fires. Here are five things you can do to help right now.

The Achuar Indigenous people in the Peruvian community of José Olaya grew tired of seeing oil traveling through their creeks as they awaited the arrival of authorities. This is why they decided to clean up the crude oil spills in their territory by themselves. Our team of journalists arrived in their community after traveling along […]

More than 2,800 kilometers (1,740 miles) of pipelines run through the Amazon and along the coasts of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. These hundreds of pipelines transport millions of liters of crude oil from the most delicate ecosystems through to the cargo ships that will transport them to their final destination. Along the way, in […]

Amongst the barrage of near-constant lousy news on the climate, from record rain bombs and flooding to relentless heat domes and wildfires, comes historic great news.

Faced with deforestation of the world's largest rainforest, the 8 nations of the Amazon Basin have agreed to work towards conservation at the Belem Summit.

Lawyer Steven Donziger helped win a $9.5 billion judgment for rain forest cleanup. Then Chevron hit back.

Families in the Para region are worried they will be displaced to make way for an open-pit mining project.