Environment

Bank refusal and lawsuit may trump Trump drilling in wildlife refuge

December 7, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

On drilling in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge, banks, like broken clocks, get it right once every so often.

Indigenous people block Trans-Amazon Highway protesting industrial drought

December 2, 2020 By Movimento Xingu Vivo para Sempre

In 2020, the Middle Xingu region suffered one of the most severe droughts of the past 50 years.

Trump administration pushes to relax rules that protect birds

November 30, 2020 By EcoWatch

A recent surge in bird deaths in the U.S. Southwest has been attributed to a combination of human-caused climate factors including heatwaves and wildfires.

Brazilian singer Vital Farias’ ‘An Amazon Tale’ in poetic new English translation

November 23, 2020 By Peter Lownds

English lyrics for Brazilian singer/songwriter Vital Farias’ “Saga da Amazônia,” a poetic translation.

The shaman’s message: An urgent cry from the Amazon

November 20, 2020 By Special to People’s World

The entire world knows by now how urgently the Amazon rainforest needs protection from the ravages of destruction, deforestation, Western invasion and settlement.