"Brazil Lawmakers Gut Environmental Permitting Ahead Of COP30 Summit"
"Brazil's Congress voted Thursday to weaken environmental permitting rules despite fierce opposition from environmentalists."
Source: Religion News Service, 07/21/2025
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Solutions — and Death — in the Rainforest
A project begun to explore ways to protect the Amazon seemed to end with the murder of the journalist who conceived it, along with his guide and research partner. But others picked up the mantle and completed a volume exploring ways to save this precious and rapidly disappearing ecosystem. BookShelf reviewer Elyse Hauser on how this unusual book tries to meet that promise.
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"Ahead of UN Climate Talks, Brazil Fast-Tracks Oil And Highway Projects"
"Months before hosting the U.N.'s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lofty environmental rhetoric and show widening divisions within his cabinet."
Source: AP, 06/13/2025
#SEJSpotlight: María Gabriela Ensinck, Freelance Journalist
Meet SEJ member María Gabriela Ensinck! Gabi is an award-winning Argentine journalist in print, radio and online media, covering science, health, environment, innovation and business.
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Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon
"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."
Source: AP, 05/29/2025
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