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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

Key updates reflect a dynamic landscape, from shifting deforestation rates in the Amazon to ground breaking initiatives in clean energy. Deforestation decline in the Amazon Deforestation in the Amazon has reached a nine-year low, with a significant 30.6% decrease compared to the previous year.

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EPA’s Proposal to Focus Biofuel Policy on Domestic Fuels Doesn’t Add Up

Union of Concerned Scientists

Biofuels are often marketed as homegrown low-carbon fuels, but that’s not an accurate description of where the industry is headed. And of course, there are other uses for vegetable oils and fats beyond biofuels, including food and products like soaps and detergents. Million Metric Tons (MMT) of BBD feedstock and another 3.3

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Testimony by Michael Shellenberger before the House Agriculture Committee on “Climate Change and the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Sectors”

Environmental Progress

Globally, the rate of reforestation is catching up to a slowing rate of deforestation. [11] The “climate policies” the authors refer to are ones that would make energy more expensive and result in more bioenergy use (the burning of biofuels and biomass), which in turn would increase land scarcity and drive up food costs. Elvidge et al.,