A massive border wall expansion is underway The aggressive pace of expansion has alarmed advocates who say the construction will destroy pristine country, threaten endangered species, and cut off access to sacred Indigenous and archaeological s...

Public lands/parks in AZ, NM, TX our country protected are slated for border wall. The costs are steep. TX’s Big Bend is stunning & loved by its community. Wall is coming despite having few crossings there. The fight is on.
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Exclusive: Soy trading firms to abandon Amazon protection pact in Brazil Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil's top farm state, two people with d...

Big scoop from Reuters as agriculture trading companies look set to give up on a pact that was hugely successful in protecting the Amazon rainforest. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Brazil says it’s a climate leader. Not everyone buys it. Brazil wanted the U.N. summit to make it a leader on climate, despite signing off on oil drilling near the Amazon and gutting environmental permit law.

#Brazil Says It’s A #Climate Leader. Not Everyone Buys It.

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A new generation rallies to preserve the Boundary Waters wilderness The Trump administration is moving rapidly to approve a mine next to the Boundary Waters that many fear will pollute the pristine wilderness area.

I spent a few days up near the Boundary Waters - America’s most visited wilderness area - meeting with people trying to protect it from a proposed mine, as well as some mining supporters. Trump and some Republicans are aggressively trying to make the mine happen. wapo.st/4pN2VfE

Lula expected to announce Brazil's top climate diplomat as COP30 president Brazil is expected to announce on Tuesday that ambassador Andre Correa do Lago will be president of the 2025 COP30 global climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem, three people with knowledge of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plans told Reuters.

No real surprise here
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Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was 'never a promise' The world's largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

Brazilian meatpacker JBS says net-zero emissions pledge was 'never a promise'
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Brazil farmer lobby asks to lift soybean ban from deforested Amazon rainforest A farmers' lobby in Brazil is seeking to end a two-decade-long agreement that forbids grain traders from buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, claiming the deal has created an uneven playing field.

Soybean farmer lobby Aprosoja-MT says the Brazil Amazon soy moratorium - which forbids buying soybeans grown on recently deforested land - fosters "a purchasing cartel" and has asked antitrust regulator CADE to end it www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

EU, Mercosur set to finalise contentious trade deal The European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc are expected on Friday to finalise a free trade agreement but it faces a tortuous battle for approval in Europe given firm French opposition.

They have a deal! At long last the European Union and South America's Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia Paraguay) strike an agreement on their long awaited free trade deal.

EU and South America strike trade deal:
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Soy traders push to weaken ban on buying from deforested Amazon Multinational grains traders operating in Brazil are seeking to weaken an agreement that forbids buying soybeans from farms on deforested land in the Amazon rainforest, environmental advocates involved in the discussions said on Wednesday.

Soy traders push to weaken ban on buying from deforested Amazon
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Indigenous mining complicates Brazil's fight against illegal gold The involvement of Indigenous people in illegal gold hunting, lured by the prospect of easy money due to record prices, has made Brazil's task of cracking down on wildcat mining in the Amazon far harder, environmental agents and police say.

Indigenous mining complicates Brazil's fight against illegal gold
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Brazil grain barge shipping returns as Amazonian drought subsides Transportation of soybeans and corn on barges along the Brazilian Amazon's Tapajos River, which had been suspended in early October due to dry weather, resumed at 50% capacity this week, operators said on Wednesday.

Signs that the drought in the Amazon is easing www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

G20 leaders turn focus to climate change at close of Rio summit Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and the transition to cleaner energy, as they aim to increase the odds of a successful deal to address global warming at U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan.

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