A wood pellet plant operated by U.K.-based energy company Drax Group is seen in Gloster, Miss., in 2024. (The Perfect Shot/Southern Environmental Law Center via AP) Shell got one. So did the pipeline company Enbridge. And last summer, energy giant Drax got its biggest one to date, worth more than...
President Joe Biden, second right, joined by daughter Ashley Biden, third from right, and granddaughter Natalie Biden, right, meets with indigenous and other leaders during a tour of the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MANAUS, Brazil...
Smoke rises from a forest fire in the Transamazonica highway region, in the municipality of Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil, on Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government...
WASHINGTON, United States -- More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem. In a study published in the journal Science, the researchers said the damage...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto shared on Sunday, Dec. 18, that the local government will rename its primary rainforest park, and will aim to further incorporate green spaces in its infrastructure projects come 2023. RAVE Rainforest Park in Pasig City. Sotto announced that the current “Rainforest...
MANICORÉ, Brazil -- In a remote part of the Brazilian Amazon, a scientific expedition is cataloguing species. Time is of the essence. Ichthyofauna scientists from the National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) travel by boat during a scientific field expedition at the Amazonia rainforest, in...
Off-road driving in the Philippines is such a thrilling experience. Imagine braving the terrain that only a few have conquered and maneuvered? Nothing beats the perfect off-roading conditions that the Philippines has: the challenging terrain conditions, the steep departure angles, and the...