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Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon

Dec. 12, 2024 18:41 PM EST

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium — a landmark voluntary agreement banning trade in soybeans from recently deforested areas. The...

What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea

Nov. 30, 2024 04:03 AM EST

BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday or early Monday in Busan, South Korea, where many environmental organizations have also flocked to push for...

Brazilian state law overturns soy moratorium that helped curb Amazon deforestation

Nov. 01, 2024 19:00 PM EDT

AGUA CLARA, Brazil (AP) — A historic agreement that's helped curb deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon for nearly two decades suffered a major blow after Mato Grosso, the country´s largest soybean-producing state, passed a law ending incentives for participating processing and trade companies. ...

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Sep. 21, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists arrested for scaling the country estate of former U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and draping it in black fabric to protest his plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have been cleared of criminal charges. Judge Adrian Lower in...