Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…South Africa to lift fracking moratorium in Karoo Basin, despite concerns
Nov 17, 2025, 6:11 am By
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…Saalumarada Thimmakka, mother of trees, has died, aged 114
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis,…UK court finds mining giant liable for decade-old dam disaster in Brazil
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Nov 14, 2025, 5:43 pm By
This is a short commentary by Mongabay fellowship editor Karen Coates. Uncertainty and hope…AI data center revolution sucks up world’s energy, water, materials
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Nov 14, 2025, 12:46 pm By
Communities living around a remote, mountainous forest in southeastern Bangladesh, close to Myanmar,…Climate leaders warn of ‘overshoot’ into warming danger zone
Nov 14, 2025, 12:28 pm By
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Nov 14, 2025, 12:25 pm By
In undercover raids carried out in late September, Mexican authorities discovered 2,339 wild-caught…Reindeer numbers may fall by more than half by 2100 as Arctic warms: Study
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Global reindeer populations could fall by more than half by 2100 due to the impacts of climate…As Indonesia turns COP30 into carbon market showcase, critics warn of ‘hot air’
Nov 14, 2025, 8:34 am By
BELÉM, Brazil — As governments debate how to mobilize trillions of dollars in climate finance,…
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