Brazilian president calls climate activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
Conservative President Jair Bolsonaro was reacting to Thunberg saying indigenous people were being murdered trying to protect the Amazon rain forest.
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Conservative President Jair Bolsonaro was reacting to Thunberg saying indigenous people were being murdered trying to protect the Amazon rain forest.
Amid a White House vow to revive tariffs on steel and aluminum from Brazil and Argentina, there's still no China trade deal.
President Trump tweeted Monday that he will immediately reinstate tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from Brazil and Argentina.
President Jair Bolsonaro said DiCaprio helped fund nonprofits that he alleged are partly responsible for the fires.
The rainforest lost 3,769 square miles of its vegetation over the last year
Brazilians have been critical of the government's response — or lack thereof — to the environmental crisis
H&M joins Timberland and Vans brands in distancing themselves from Brazilian leather amid deforestation concerns
By some estimates, about 80% of deforestation in the Amazon has been to make way for cattle ranches
Respiratory problems like pneumonia, coughing and secretion are particularly prevalent among children and the elderly
After his government initially rejected $20 million in aid from G-7, President Bolsonaro said his government will now accept foreign money
While humans are largely to blame for the destruction of the rainforest, some have managed to maintain it
Conflict over trade between the world's two largest economies is providing tinder for a global ecological disaster
After loosening environmental regulations to speed economic development of the rainforest, Brazil's president promises to deploy troops to battle flames
Earth Alliance says it aims to "protect the life-sustaining biodiversity of the Amazon against the surge of wildfires burning across the region"
The Amazon fires have become a global issue, escalating tensions between Brazil and European countries who believe Bolsonaro has neglected commitments to protect biodiversity
"As we chop more of the rainforest, what we're risking is reaching a tipping point"
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro under increasing international pressure to contain record number of fires in Amazon
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro encouraged development in the Amazon rainforest. Now he's calling global backlash "sensationalist"
The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and vital to combating climate change — and it's on fire with no end in sight
A record number of fires have devastated the Amazon rainforest in Brazil and neighboring countries
The sky in Sao Paulo, Brazil, went dark Monday due to the smoke carried in from nearly 1,700 miles away
The rainforest protection group Amazon Watch says farmers, emboldened by the government, intentionally set the forest ablaze
All of the hostages, who were unharmed, were freed after the standoff in Brazil
Lab research pointed to pesticides with neonicotinoids and fipronil — products banned in Europe — as the main cause of death
Dozens of relatives of inmates killed during a riot in northern Brazil are gathering at a coroner's office Tuesday