Environment
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 00:00
The Brazilian government faces criminal charges after a report found that the Amazon rainforest is being deforested three times faster than last year as rising food prices encourages more illegal logging.
Friday, September 26, 2008 - 00:00
The Brazilian government has pledged to end net deforestation by 2015
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 00:00
As of this week, there is one less human rights defender in the northwestern Colombian region of Bajo Atrato. Jimmy Jansasoy of the Inter-Church Justice and Peace Commission was forced to flee the area, where oil palm plantations have encroached on the c
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 00:00
Colombian authorities, seeking to head off a potential environmental disaster, were still searching Tuesday for two missing cyanide barrels that had been aboard a ferry that capsized
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 00:00
In an experiment worth watching, Ecuador will ask voters to decide whether nature has rights.
Friday, August 29, 2008 - 00:00
Oil and gas extraction does not have to hurt the rainforest, or its people
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 00:00
Scientists from Duke University said a new study revealed a Texas-size chunk of rain forest stretching across Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil has been approved for petroleum exploration and production
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 00:00
Chevron has publicly rebuked one of its Washington lobbyists who had suggested "little countries" like Ecuador shouldn't be allowed by the U.S. government to "screw around" with large companies by letting lawsuits proceed against them
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 00:00
Scientists from Duke University said a new study revealed a Texas-size chunk of rain forest stretching across Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and western Brazil has been approved for petroleum exploration and production.
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 00:00
The license for the Santo Antonio dam is contingent upon millions of dollars of investments in equipment for fire fighters, environmental police and sewage treatment for the state capital, Porto Velho, Environment Minister Carlos Minc said. The dam is one