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 building's glass façade reflects the sky while its form and orientation determine how much sunlight it captures or rejects—the AIA COTE Top Ten 2026 winners push this relationship further, with designs like Trinity's Dicke Hall cutting energy use 90% through precision-engineered envelopes and mass-timber construction. (Source: Unsplash, CC0)

AIA COTE Top Ten 2026 Winners: From a 90% Energy-Cutting Hall to the World’s First Net-Positive Botanical Garden

On June 10, 2026, the American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 29th annual COTE Top Ten Award — and the numbers are arresting. Trinity University’s new mass timber Dicke Hall in San Antonio, designed by Lake Flato Architects, cut energy use by 90% compared to baseline. A 1940s Portland warehouse transformed into

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