Banking Government Rainforest 
Legal Planet
JULY 10, 2025
” Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker reflects on Whitehouse’s decade of wake-up calls regarding government inaction to address the climate crisis. In May I wrote about the BBC and other US and UK media gleefully, and incorrectly, covering Brazil’s apparent hypocritical stance of building a road through the Amazon for COP30 attendees.
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 10, 2021
Sometimes referred to as “Over the River” territory, or “OTR” for short, the island’s northern parts also go by the name written on a sign that juts from the sprawling landform’s parched banks: “Carib Country.” . The destruction that remains months after the first eruption is evidence, residents say, of government failure. .
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Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 14, 2022
In Mexico , the rushed development of a tourist train across the Yucatan peninsula threatens biodiverse rainforests and Indigenous communities, drawing UN attention. Al Jazeera reports that the Indian government has planned “multimillion-dollar projects,” likely for the ecotourism industry, along Loktak Lake in the country’s northeast. .
Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
So, what if all parties – government, private sector, environmental groups, the public more broadly -actually made difficult choices and compromises, sometimes even involving important principles, in the face of dire consequences. The biggest US bank investors in fossil fuels? “At
Circle of Blue
AUGUST 10, 2021
Rivers in the country of Wales are being polluted with raw sewage and other contaminants, despite government clean-up efforts. Although the Welsh government has spent millions on river clean up, water utility D?r Heavy rains flood hundreds of villages across the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In Case You Missed It: .
A Greener Life
AUGUST 27, 2023
Juan Bay, president of the Waorani Indigenous community said: “We will follow up to make sure the government respects the decision of the Ecuadorean people. Last week the central bank predicted it could lead to a 1.9% Celebration It was celebrated by indigenous leaders and environmentalists alike.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. As a result, greedy businesses, financers and governments all across the globe have been exploiting the valuable resources these million-year-old forests hold. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3]. 110, pages 173-177. (3)
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