Shanna Hanbury
Shanna Hanbury covers breaking news on climate and conservation for Mongabay. Previously she specialized in data-driven and investigative reporting on Latin America, with a focus on the Amazon rainforest, for The Guardian, BBC, Open Democracy, Time Magazine, National Geographic and many more. She is based between Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Barcelona, Spain and has been a regular contributor for Mongabay since 2019.
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Just desserts: MAGA suicide pact climaxes its cult of destruction
The more bizarre the MAGA fable,/ The more desperate to finagle. Can hypocrites throttling the Bible/ Not make its movement suicidal?
EWG sues EPA for inaction on glyphosate petition; violates federal law, puts children at...
In the suit, EWG requests a reduction in the glyphosate tolerance level for oats from 30 ppm to 0.1 ppm and a ban on its use as a pre-harvest desiccant.
3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small...
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.
The dark side of ecotourism: When green travel exploits people and the planet
As luxury eco-retreats and voluntourism surge, experts warn that without systemic reform, the industry may be doing more harm than good.
The Iran war as a threshold
The old structures are not simply failing; they are being surpassed by a deeper aspiration emerging from people themselves.