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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Rows of outdoor heat-rejection fans and standby generators show the cooling and power load that large computing facilities add to local grids. [Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC0]

COP31 AI Climate Initiative: UN Mandates Energy, Water, and Land Disclosure for Tech

Your company’s AI tools pull power from data centers around the clock. Those centers drink water to stay cool and sit on land cleared for infrastructure. Until now, no standard forced the companies running those tools to tell you how much. The UN’s COP31 AI climate initiative, launched 13 November 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye, is

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