To hear Brazilian mining giant Vale describe it, the catastrophic Jan. 25 collapse of one of its iron-ore tailings dams in Minas Gerais state was ......
Opposition to Trump administration plans for dozens of miles of new boundary fencing in the biodiverse Lower Rio Grande Valley is intensifying as government-hired contractors ......
Last August, unidentified emissions of a gaseous substance sickened 1,359 people in Quintero and Puchuncaví, two communities 13 kilometers (eight miles) apart in central Chile’s ......
The creation of a private reserve within a national park might normally be grounds for suspicion, given the potential for conflict between private and public ......
The steep green peaks of the Sierra Madre mountains that encircle Monterrey, Mexico are one of the city’s defining features—when, that is, they can be ......
The United Nations Environment Programme named him a Global 500 Roll of Honour Award winner in 1987. Paul McCartney dedicated a 1989 song, “How Many ......
Parrots packed in plastic tubes in carry-on luggage, dozens of hummingbirds preserved in salt—even eggs taped to a traveler’s body for warmth. Bird smugglers have ......
Of the record 201 killings of land and environmental defenders worldwide in 2017, 60% occurred in Latin America, the nonprofit Global Witness says. Guatemala has ......
