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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Wind Energy Powers Ranches: Kansas Farmers Earn $6,700/MW Annually

Pete Ferrell’s 7,000-acre ranch sits in the Flint Hills near Beaumont, Kansas—a landscape of dramatic weather swings and unpredictable cattle markets. In December 2005, the Elk River Wind Project changed that calculus when 100 turbines rose across the grassland, including 50 that stand on Ferrell’s property. Those GE 1.5 MW turbines generate about 550,000 megawatt-hours

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