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Alessandra Korap Munduruku demanded that mining company Anglo American withdraw its permits to develop projects on her ancestral land.

This Brazilian activist stared down mining giants to protect the rainforest she loves

6:22am June 11, 2023

by Jill Langlois

Champion of her ancestral forest, Brazilian Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.

An aerial picture shows an illegal mining camp during an operation by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources against Amazon deforestation at the Yanomami territory in Roraima state, Brazil, on Feb. 24.

World News

Opinion: The global gold rush imperils the Brazilian Amazon

5:01am May 09, 2023

With the dollar weakening, people are turning to gold. Cue the acceleration of an Amazon gold rush, and with it, more challenges for Brazil, write Robert Muggah and Mac Margolis.

This artist rendering provided by Amazon shows the next phase of the company's headquarters redevelopment to be built in Arlington, Va. Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters there following the biggest round of layoffs in the company's history and the shifting landscape of remote work.

National

Amazon pauses construction in Virginia on its second headquarters

1:32pm March 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

Following a big round of layoffs, the Seattle-based company said it is delaying the beginning of construction of the second phase of its headquarters development in Northern Virginia.

Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse in Arizona.

National

Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014

6:15pm February 02, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

The biggest culprit was Amazon hefty investment in the electric automaker Rivian, whose value plummeted last year. Amazon also contends with the need to recalibrate after a pandemic-era upsurge.

An Amazon fulfillment center is seen before sunrise on March 29, 2021, in Bessemer, Ala. Amazon announced it is ending its charity donation program, AmazonSmile.

National

Amazon ends its charity donation program AmazonSmile after other cost-cutting efforts

3:02pm January 19, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The company says the AmazonSmile program didn't have enough financial impact. But some charities say the support "made a huge difference," and shoppers have expressed disapproval on social media.

Amazon Labor Union President Chris Smalls speaks at a New York rally on Sept. 5. The company had fired Smalls from its Staten Island warehouse after he helped lead a pandemic-era walkout.

Amazon loses bid to overturn historic union win on Staten Island warehouse

10:55pm January 11, 2023

Amazon should recognize its first unionized warehouse in the U.S., a federal labor official ruled.

MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist. Last month she announced that her donations since 2019 have totaled more than $14 billion and helped fund around 1,600 nonprofits. But as much as the scale, it is her untraditional style of giving that is causing a stir.

MacKenzie Scott is shaking up philanthropy's traditions. Is that a good thing?

5:20pm January 10, 2023

by Andrew Connelly

Donations often come with rigorous applications and reporting requirements. Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, who divorced Jeff Bezos in 2019 and vowed to give away most of her fortune, does it her way.

Takakudjyti Kayapó, better known as Takakre, holds up a matrinxã fish. A community fishing monitor, he will measure and weigh the fish before recording its details in a spreadsheet to be sent to other members of the team studying how the mercury used in illegal mining is affecting fish populations in the Pixaxá River.

Is there mercury in the fish we eat? Amazonians tap WhatsApp to find out

8:46pm December 31, 2022

by Jill Langlois

A community of Indigenous peoples worried that mercury used by gold miners was contaminating the fish they eat. So they created a DIY team to find out more.

An Amazon worker pulls a cart of packages for delivery in New York City in July. A promotion that enabled shoppers to tip workers last week maxed out in less than 48 hours.

National

Amazon launched a driver tipping promotion on the same day it got sued over tip fraud

5:01am December 14, 2022

by Emily Olson

An Amazon promotion that tipped delivery drivers $5 for every customer that sent a "thank you" message maxed out on the second day, raising questions about whether drivers deserve tips year-round.

A riverside fisherman pulls a captured pirarucu into his canoe in Lake Amanã on Nov. 15.

Rare good news from the Amazon: Gigantic fish are thriving again

5:00am December 07, 2022

by John Otis

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

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