Smoke rises over cleared forest on the Amazon frontier in Rondonia, Brazil — where deforestation spiked 92 percent in May 2025 and 51 percent of clearing hit recently burned land. Each fire scar becomes a footnote in a longer ledger of loss. [Photo: NASA / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain]

Amazon Deforestation Soars 92%: Brazil’s October 2026 Election Decides Future

Amazon deforestation jumped 92 percent in May 2025, with 51 percent of clearing in burned areas. Brazil's October 4, 2026 presidential vote decides forest protection and the 17 percent tipping margin.

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A battery compartment that opens without tools, once the industry norm, is the design EU rules now require phone makers to bring back by 2027. (Photo: Sertion / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

EU Rules Will Force Phone Makers To Bring Back Removable Batteries

Phone makers have spent a decade gluing batteries shut and calling it water resistance. That trade-off is about to get a legal challenge. The EU Batteries Regulation framework, which already pushed manufacturers toward reasonably priced spare parts, now adds a sharper requirement: batteries in portable devices like smartphones and tablets must be removable and replaceable

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