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For Indigenous Protestors, Defending The Environment Can Be Fatal

Adán Vez Lira, a prominent defender of an ecological reserve in Mexico, was shot while riding his motorcycle  in April. Four years earlier, the renowned activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in her home in Honduras by assailants taking direction from executives responsible for a dam she had opposed. Four years before that, Cambodian forest and land activist Chut…

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GAIA World Tour: A Global 30-Hour Live Stream Digital Event

The GAIA World Tour is set to live stream 30-hours of non-stop content on biodiversity featuring scientists, artists, activists, and citizens. Here’s everything you need to know. If you’ve been living under a rock you’ve probably missed us wittering on about the Virtual Conscious Festival (get your tickets here, folks). But there’s another virtual…

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Zombie Fires Could Be Awakening In The Arctic

Some fires won't die. They survive underground during the winter and then reemerge the following spring, as documented in places like Alaska. They're called "overwintering," "holdover," or "zombie" fires, and they may have now awoken in the Arctic Circle — a fast-warming region that experienced unprecedented fires in 2019. The European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service is now watching…

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Breaking Down Singapore’s Climate Scorecard: Greenwatch-ing the Garden City

A new report from a local environmental initiative and politically nonpartisan campaign Greenwatch reveals that the incumbent Singaporean government "has not walked the talk" on climate action. The report looks at various categories including climate ambition, equity, energy, collective action, nature, and more. The result? On a scale of -90 to 90, it scores an…

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