Brazil

Forest fires surge in Brazil's Amazon rainforest

Brazil's national space agency, INPE, identified 6,803 fires in the Amazon region in July 2020, up from 5,318 the year before.

01/08/2020

USA

Amazon's satellite constellation plan to boost internet reach approved

The company plans to create a 3,200-strong satellite constellation to deliver internet to underserved communities. It will compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.

31/07/2020

Earth News

Research shows that eating steak in Europe comes at a high price

"The jungles of Brazil are at a breaking point," said Professor Britaldo Soares-Filho, co-author of the study.

17/07/2020

Ecotech

Amazon’s delivery planes could soon be powered by recycled cooking fat

Sustainable fuel could cut Amazon Air's carbon emissions by up to 22 per cent.

13/07/2020

Earth News

Jeff Bezos invests in green stadium - but critics aren't convinced

The Amazon CEO says he wants the stadium to serve as a reminder of the "importance of fighting climate change".

02/07/2020

Earth News

The power of the Amazon Rainforest’s thousands of unique plants

From capturing carbon emissions to medical breakthroughs, the Amazon could save us - if we can stop it from burning.

02/07/2020

World News

Amazon bans police use of its face recognition tool for a year

It follows IBM's recent decision to leave the facial recognition business amid concerns such technology could be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.

11/06/2020

Ecotech

Musk and Bezos feud goes electric with Amazon's answer to Tesla

With 14.7 billion tonnes of goods delivered every year in Europe, could electric, driverless vans be the future?

05/05/2020

Ukraine

Euroviews. Amazon’s ambivalence is helping support for Russian forces and their proxies in Ukraine ǀ View

While Russia is waging an illegal invasion into Ukraine, Amazon is profiting from the symbols of that conflict, such as the banners that represent Russian proxy forces.

24/04/2020

Earth News

Young people of the Amazon are the real guardians of the rainforest

Three young people in the Amazon describe why protecting the forest is crucial to their livelihoods.

04/04/2020

World News

Next-delivery? Challenges for the retailers during the Coronavirus?

Many couriers and suppliers have been forced to impose restrictions on their services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19/03/2020

USA

Euroviews. Jeff Bezos' philanthropy highlights just how much trouble we're really in ǀ View

Billionaires' donations will never be enough. The highways, the suburbs and the victory against the Nazis — just to provide a few examples — are products not of the private sector but of government action.

29/02/2020

World News

Amazon under fire for selling Nazi propaganda books

The e-commerce giant Amazon has been called out by several organisations for selling Nazi propaganda including children books by Julius Streicher who was charged and executed during the Nuremberg trials.

21/02/2020

USA

Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to tackle climate change

The Bezos Earth Fund will give money to scientists, activists and NGOs to "amplify known ways and develop new ways" of fighting climate change.

18/02/2020

Vatican

Pope avoids question of married priests in Amazon document

The Argentine Jesuit has long been sensitive to the plight of the Amazon

12/02/2020

Earth News

Game of Thrones star travels to the Amazon rainforest with the UN

Kit Harington, Emilia Clarke or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau? Which Game of Thrones star is trying to save the Amazon?

20/01/2020

Europe News

Tech giants are serious about lobbying in Brussels

Data protection, copy right, and digital tax. As the EU tries to regulate internet sectors big American companies boost their lobbying in the European capital

14/01/2020

World

France calls on US to 'come to its senses' on digital tax retaliation

The French Finance Minister has warned the United States against retaliatory tariffs in response to the French Digital Tax. The US Trade Representative is holding a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss a response; it's already condemned the French measures as protectionist.

06/01/2020

Poland

Amazon removes 'inappropriate' Auschwitz Christmas products

The Auschwitz Memorial asked Amazon on Sunday to take down items featured on the website that it said were inappropriate.

01/12/2019

USA

Euroviews. Black Friday Amazon deals' costs: Workers' health, climate change and your own taxes ǀ View

The e-commerce giant's convenience comes with hidden surcharges: The social cost of its retail dominance manifests in workers’ battered bodies, the mental exhaustion of brutal production quotas, a sprawling carbon footprint and lavish tax subsidies that come out of consumers’ pockets.

29/11/2019