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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Burshtyn TES in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — one of Ukraine's major thermal power plants hit by Russian strikes. [Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0, Raimond Spekking]

Russia’s Energy Grid Strikes Devastate Ukraine Environment

# Russia’s winter strikes on Ukraine power grid carry climate cost no one counts When Russia destroys a Ukrainian power substation, the headlines count the dead and displaced. They rarely count the diesel generators now running to fill the gap. Each destroyed facility pushes millions of Ukrainians onto fossil fuel backups, undoing years of renewable

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