It’s among the wettest places on the planet, but shifts in rainfall, invasive grasses and a housing shortage are driving a wildfire spike on the islands.
July 4 is the worst day for human-caused fires in the U.S. As climate change worsens, scientists are urging people in the West to skip the pyrotechnics.
A new report urges bank and buyers to stop doing business with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), one of the world's biggest paper producers, for its alleged failure to uphold its own sustainability commitments.
Deforestation, coupled with climate change and fires, are pushing the Amazon ever closer to a rainforest-to-degraded savanna tipping point, say some scientists.
Sources say most of the fires started from slash-and-burn farming, which is becoming more prevalent due to the weakening of environmental agencies under the Bolsonaro administration.
A ruinous fire season, record deforestation and rising carbon emissions leave scientists worried that Bolsonaro's Brazil will blow past its Paris Climate targets, with devastating results for the Amazon and the world.
