Environment

Global demand for meat propels deforestation in Brazil, says report

January 19, 2021 By Gero Rueter And Marcio Damasceno

The growing world consumption of meat and the actions of the current government are the main ingredients of a recipe leading to the destruction of the Brazilian rainforest.

Farm Aid statement on agriculture in the Biden/Harris Administration

January 15, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Since 1985, Farm Aid has amplified the voices of America’s independent farmers.

How advertising fuels the climate crisis

January 13, 2021 By Ian Sinclair

The report presents scientific evidence for four pathways through which advertising indirectly causes climate and ecological damage.

New Amazonian Atlas reveals that a third of the rainforest is threatened

December 23, 2020 By Special to People’s World

Julia Jacomini from the Amazonian Network of Socioenvironmental Information (RAISG) puts the latest data about the rainforest into perspective.

Blown-up mountains and toppled cactus, damage from border wall

December 21, 2020 By Anita Snow

GUADALUPE CANYON, Ariz. (AP) — Work crews ignite dynamite blasts in the remote and rugged southeast corner of Arizona, forever reshaping the landscape as they pulverize mountaintops in a rush to build more of President Donald...