Controversial legislation that would allow more logging in the Amazon has been approved by Brazil’s congress. Environmentalists are hoping that President Dilma Rousseff makes good on the environmental promises made during her campaign and vetos the changes. [BBC]
With this week’s announcement of a guilty verdict in the trial of Charles Taylor, one woman recounts her family’s horrifying experiences under his rule. [Economist/New York Times]
The Awá, a tribe of 355 people and one of two nomadic hunter-gathering tribes in Brazil’s Amazon forest, are being systematically massacred by illegal loggers and farmers. A newly launched campaign by Survival International hopes to save them from extinction. [The Guardian]
South Africa is looking to meet its growing energy needs with nuclear energy—a move environmentalists fear will influence other African countries to follow suit instead of developing renewable sources. [Washington Post]
The Akshaya Patra Foundation, an NGO that feeds 1.3 million Indian school children per day, uses automated technologies powered by green energy sources to achieve its ambitious numbers—and keep at-risk students in school. [Huffington Post]
