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Ecosystems the size of Amazon ‘can collapse within decades’
by Large biomes can break down like Jenga bricks once tipping point reached, research finds
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‘People with no names’: the drowned migrants buried in pauper’s graves
As deaths in Rio Grande increase, Piedras Negras has buried unidentifiable bodies removed from water by first responders
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Responding to public, Vancouver aquarium will not hold whales or dolphins captive
Canada aquarium has announced it will end the practice of keeping cetaceans in captivity, after pressure from the public
‘The help never lasts’: why has Mexico’s education revolution failed?
Education was meant to be president Enrique Peña Nieto’s flagship policy. Yet salaries are still being paid to ‘ghost teachers’ who never enter a classroom, while children lack the tools – and sometimes even the food – they need to learn
Need climate hope? Imagine the promise of green left-wing victories in Canada
A NDP-Green pact in BC, a $15 minimum wage in Ontario, and a surging Quebec Solidaire point toward a winning agenda in the age of climate crisis
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US Border Patrol uses desert as ‘weapon’ to kill thousands of migrants, report says
Arizona advocacy group says agents chase border crossers from Mexico into hostile terrain in a strategy that leaves many injured, dead or lost
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Four of world’s biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres
Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City will ban the most polluting cars and vans by 2025 to tackle air pollution
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Environmental activist murders set record as 2015 became deadliest year
Global Witness says at least 185 activists were killed and anti-mining activities were the most deadly – with 42 deaths related to protests
Mexico elections: ruling party headed for stinging defeat in state elections
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) appears to have lost governorships in six states – including four where it had never lost power for more than 80 years
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Pioneer gas project in Latin America fails indigenous peoples
Huge revenues generated by the Camisea project in Peru’s Amazon, but locals suffer from health epidemics and lack of clean water