Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Tag: Brazil

Oil and gas expansion surges as COP30 hosts weigh health and...

New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém

Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit...

With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”

Brazilian government grants license for exploratory oil drilling in Amazon basin

Despite environmental and Indigenous concerns, the Brazilian government cited that the potential for energy sovereignty.

Banks pour $2 billion more into Amazon oil and gas as...

Stand.earth finds financing surges since 2024 while Brazil’s Petrobras pushes new drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River ahead of COP30 in Belém.

Trade war and immigration crackdown push US farmers to the brink

Farmers describe collapsing export markets, labor shortages, and a missing safety net as tariffs and immigration policies reshape U.S. agriculture.

How NYT’s bad reporting helped justify Trump’s tariffs on Brazil

Unlike most other countries—where Trump cited trade deficits to justify these so-called emergencies—the U.S. had maintained a trade surplus with Brazil for years.

The rising cost of your morning brew: How climate change is...

Severe weather, shifting trade policies, and a lack of support for small farmers are driving coffee prices sky high. Without urgent investment, your daily brew could become a luxury.

Report links meat giant JBS to massive destruction of jaguar habitat

It attributes part of this loss to ranches indirectly supplying cattle to meatpacking giant JBS, with nearly all of the deforestation since 2013 being illegal. 

How to stop an autocrat

What can Americans learn from the citizens of Brazil, Poland, and South Korea who defeated the dragons threatening their democracies?

Can Brazil convince the world to tax billionaire wealth?

The ambitious goal: To shove the case for taxing the wealth of our world’s wealthiest onto the world’s political stage.

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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis

Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.

California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide

The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.

Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns

Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.

Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war

When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.

No king but madness reigns

Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.