As the world moves towards electric cars and renewable grids, demand for lithium is wreaking havoc in northern Chile, says academic Thea Riofrancos

Auctioning-off rivers for private gain has severe social and environmental impacts. But there is a better way.

Joint Cuba-U.S. study finds sustainable agriculture in Cuba keeps river pollution far below levels in U.S. waterways

Law kept mining projects out of Argentina province – now water for wine-growers will be threatened in drought-stricken area

The fires in the Amazon are within the historical average. That’s why we should worry.

The Bolivian lowlands have been burning for over a month. Over 4 million hectares of biodiverse forests has already burned to ash–an area larger than Switzerland. Uncontrolled, the fires continue to spread across protected areas and Indigenous territories, provoking an incommensurable loss of life. The tragedy is increasingly referred to as an ecocide. The most […]

Climate change and man-made fires could set off a cycle of self-perpetuating deforestation, scientists warn.