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Brazil’s biofuels boom under scrutiny ahead of COP30 Brazil’s biofuels boom is built on deforestation, land theft, and labour abuse — COP30 to turn its climate “leadership” into a global scandal

Brazil’s biofuels boom under scrutiny ahead of COP30.

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Brazil’s agribusiness industry is contributing to the climate crisis, hunger, and food insecurity In 2022, millions of families across Brazil sat in their living rooms watching prime time commercials on the country’s largest TV network announce: “Agro is tech, agro is pop, agro is everything.” The...

Brazil’s agribusiness industry is contributing to the climate crisis, hunger, and food insecurity.

The contradiction is striking: the nation’s most celebrated economic sector continues to thrive, while millions of Brazilians go hungry.

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You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

Here’s a powerful message from Michael E. Mann: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it.

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

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Brazil’s biofuels boom under scrutiny ahead of COP30 Brazil’s biofuels boom is built on deforestation, land theft, and labour abuse — COP30 to turn its climate “leadership” into a global scandal

Brazil’s biofuels boom under scrutiny ahead of COP30.

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Top story this week @theecologist.org:
Banking on rainforest destruction.

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

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Pre-COP30 headlines: Deforestation in the Amazon is down!

But they ignore the truth: the Amazon is still under attack! Degradation, violence, Indigenous rights violations, organised crime, and destructive projects continue!

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bp progresses plans for the significant Bumerangue discovery, offshore Brazil

More fossil fuels ahead of #COP30

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Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus from curbing emissions to reducing human suffering Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem and that scientific innovation will curb it. In a memo released Tuesday, Gates argues for a strategic pivot in the global climate fight.

There’s one thing you can’t deny about Bill Gates: his consistency. Year after year, the same harmful visions dressed up as ‘solutions.’ Dangerous messages & zero accountability!

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Inside private sector plans to shape the TFFF The TFFF will channel climate finance into global markets to turn profit. Can the same financial actors driving deforestation be trusted to save our rainforests?

They call it the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF), but it looks more like a Wall Street land grab. Turning forests into profit machines won’t save them, it just hands power to the same banks that helped destroy them! #COP30 #Brazil

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Rio de Janeiro can kill drug lords & innocent lives, but not the root causes of crime. Until inequality is addressed, violence will keep coming back!

You can’t beat fresh vegetables and pulses! Not fond of UPFs!

DENÚNCIA: Dezenas de casas são queimadas em Ramal da BR-319, em Canutama/AM - Combate Racismo Ambiental Por Josep Iborra Plans (assessor agrário da CPT Rondônia), com informações da CPT Amazonas Às vigílias da COP30, mais uma comunidade amazônica das proximidades de Porto Velho sofre os impactos da reab...

Brazil: Dozens of homes burned along Amazon’s BR-319 highway! Families lost everything in what residents denounce as a violent attack tied to land conflicts.

This is not “progress”, it’s destruction, silence, and impunity in the heart of the Amazon!

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Resurgence & Ecologist - The gift of Water

Issue 353 • November/December 2025
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In this issue we focus on one of life’s greatest gifts: #FreshWater

Cover #Artwork: Lindblad Cove, Antarctica, November 22, 2018. Courtesy of the artist, @zarialynn.bsky.social

Banking on rainforest destruction COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

The flow of finance into oil and gas extraction across the Amazon shows no signs of slowing

Brazil's Bioeconomy - hope or hype? Monica Piccinini questions whether Brazil’s adoption of bioeconomics should be a beacon of hope for the world as the South American country hosts the COP30 climate conference

Brazil's Bioeconomy - hope or hype?

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Colonialism has been used to justify countless injustices throughout history, from the invasion & theft of land to the exploitation of people and resources. It planted the seeds of racism, division, & inequality that still shape the world today.

Thrilled to share my contribution to the November/December 2025 issue of the wonderful Resurgence & Ecologist magazine: “Brazil’s bioeconomy – hope or hype?” Grab your copy!

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Carbon credits exposed: the billion-dollar scam built on ‘hope, not proof’ Carbon credits gave corporations a licence to pollute — scientists say it’s time to end the greenwashing and face the truth

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Carbon credits exposed: the billion-dollar scam built on ‘hope, not proof’.

Carbon credits gave corporations a licence to pollute — scientists say it’s time to end the greenwashing and face the truth.

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This is a better map! Source: DW

Área ambiental soube pelo noticiário da exportação de aves silvestres vivas - ((o))eco Fontes avaliam que o inusitado acordo aumenta os riscos de impactos ambientais e de retrocessos na proteção da fauna

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture is celebrating the export of live native birds to the UAE, for “ornamental purposes” and zoo displays, as “economic diversification.”

Exploiting wildlife isn’t diversification, it’s
commodifying Brazil’s biodiversity!

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Petrobras tenta expandir área licenciada na Foz do Amazonas – DW – 24/10/2025 Com permissão para perfurar bloco FZA-M-59 em mãos, empresa usa o mesmo processo para tentar abrir outros três poços de petróleo adjacentes. ONGs vão à Justiça contra autorização do Ibama.

Just one day after winning approval to drill at the mouth of the Amazon, Petrobras rushed to request permission for three more wells, but this time trying to skip the technical review.

ExxonMobil, Chevron and CNPC also drilling in the region.

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Banking on rainforest destruction COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

Banking on rainforest destruction

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

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Trying to raise awareness about climate change issues is a very lonely and often frustrating journey! The world is turning a blind eye to one of humanity’s greatest threats! At this point, climate change will drive politics, not the other way round!

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction Revealed: just 10 banks are responsible for almost 75% of all direct financing for oil and gas across the Amazon basin

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

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Brazil's government greenlights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of UN climate summit Brazil’s government has approved exploratory drilling by state-run oil-giant Petrobras near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Brazil's government greenlights oil drilling near mouth of Amazon River ahead of UN climate summit.

Banks must stop financing all oil and gas projects in the Amazon!

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Brazil's Petrobras gets green light to drill near mouth of Amazon river Brazil's environmental agency Ibama greenlit state-run oil company Petrobras to conduct exploratory research by drilling well in the Foz do Amazonas region, near the mouth of the Amazon river, the firm said in a statement on Monday.

Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras has been cleared to drill near the mouth of the Amazon River, a move that threatens one of the planet’s most vital ecosystems.

A ticking environmental time bomb. What will Lula say when he faces the world at COP30?

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Time to abolish the monarchy, for many reasons! Enough is enough!

High-Resolution Climate Modeling of Deforestation Scenarios along the BR-319 Highway This study investigates the impacts of deforestation within the influence area of the BR-319 highway on local climate conditions following its planned reconstruction. High-resolution climate modeling ...

Deforestation linked to projects like the BR-319 highway could warm the Amazon by up to 0.7°C regionally, and over 2.5°C locally, by the end of the century. While rainfall may initially rise, it later declines as forest loss expands, worsening dry seasons.

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China’s animal-protein-rich diets are increasingly reliant on Brazil’s land and water resources | Request PDF Request PDF | China’s animal-protein-rich diets are increasingly reliant on Brazil’s land and water resources | China’s shift towards greater consumption of animal proteins drove substantial changes i...

China’s animal-protein-rich diets are increasingly reliant on Brazil’s land and water resources.

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