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International negotiators just missed a deadline to regulate deep-sea mining. Now what?

International negotiators just missed a deadline to regulate deep-sea mining. Now what?

Companies can now legally apply for deep-sea mining permits, despite a lack of environmental protections.
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Alex Trembath, Vijaya Ramachandran: The Malthusians are back

Climate activists who worry that the world has too many people are joining an ugly tradition.
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A thousand miles in the Amazon, to change the way the world works

A thousand miles in the Amazon, to change the way the world works

Lawyers and justice advocates found fresh evidence and testimony in Indigenous communities and sustainable villages, pressing a new theory of law aimed at recognizing the rights of nature.

Thomas Friedman: Why Putin’s war is a crime against the planet

Thomas Friedman: Why Putin’s war is a crime against the planet

To fully see the destructive impact of the Ukraine war, listen to the Indigenous people who are guardians of some of the world’s remote ecosystems.
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After two murders, a Brazilian Indigenous leader steps up the fight

After two murders, a Brazilian Indigenous leader steps up the fight

In an interview with e360, Beto Marubo, a leader of Brazil’s Indigenous Amazon people, discusses the recent murders of an activist and a journalist and excoriates President Jair Bolsonaro for opening Indigenous territories to a host of environmentally destructive activities.
At the Serpentine, a show of nature's healing power

At the Serpentine, a show of nature's healing power

The climate crisis is inspiring — and requiring — new perspectives in thinking for the London gallery, starting with “Back to Earth.”
Brazil's Bolsonaro deploys military to Amazon, fails to curb fires, deforestation

Brazil's Bolsonaro deploys military to Amazon, fails to curb fires, deforestation

As the coronavirus consumed Brazil, the rate of destruction continued its grim ascent.
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