2001 2023 Rainforest 
A Greener Life
JULY 6, 2025
Aerial view of the Amazon Rainforest, near Manaus, the capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Agriculture’s environmental impact Agricultural expansion for soy, palm oil, and cattle ranching drives 70-80% of deforestation in Brazil, with 10,000 square kilometers of the Amazon cleared in 2023. Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT).
Law Columbia
AUGUST 8, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.
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Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Millions of acres of Alaska’s Tongass forest, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, will once again be federally protected from road-building and timber harvests. In 2001, the Clinton administration enacted the Roadless Rule , which banned road-building and timber harvesting in certain forested areas, including much of the Tongass.
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 16, 2025
A multi-million dollar, internationally backed initiative will aim to sustainably produce cacao and coffee in Cameroons rainforests a practice that has historically caused deforestation. A lack of proper infrastructure and funding in Mississippi Delta sanitation systems is contributing to the rise of water-borne, parasitic infections.
ESA
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023. The rule reinstates protections created by the Forest Service’s 2001 Roadless Rule. climate talks.
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