Resiliencewww.flickr.com Heriberto Araujo: The defenders of the Amazon never wanted to be martyrs For too long, the fate of the rainforest has rested on the shoulders of environmental and human rights activists.
Impactscommons.wikimedia.org Bodies pulled from parched Lake Mead stir wise-guy ghosts of Las Vegas As climate change fuels grim discoveries across the West, Las Vegas is awash in bets on the identity of a suspected murder victim dumped in a barrel.
Politics Photo by Rupinder Singh on Unsplash Violence, strikes, and India’s farmers want you to see it A year on, protesters against the country’s agricultural laws are taking an increasingly confrontational approach with the country’s leaders.
Causes www.nytimes.com Honduras court convicts ex-dam executive in murder of celebrated environmentalist Roberto David Castillo, the former head of the company that was building a hydroelectric dam on Indigenous land in Honduras, was found guilty of being a co-conspirator in the murder of Berta Caceres.
Causes www.nytimes.com Conflicts over Indigenous land grow more violent in Central America Faced with government inaction, some activists try to reclaim ancestral lands on their own. Often, they pay a high price.
Politics www.nytimes.com Editorial: In the fight to save the planet, its defenders are being killed Those who resist powerful industries that savage ecosystems and drive people off their land face death and fear.
