Unlike the risks from AI’s capabilities, the economic risks from new technologies are knowable and can be mitigated

Returns are becoming a costly sustainability problem for retailers and the planet. A supply chain expert explains.

Figuring out how to regulate AI is a difficult challenge, and that’s even before tackling the problem of the small number of big companies that control the technology.

Nearly 95% of deforestation in the Amazon occurs within 3.5 miles of a road or near a river. Brazil’s plans to ramp up exports may be on a collision course with the forest.

By calling the Amazon “the lungs of the world”, the forest’s role in the water cycle is overlooked.

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will end land clearance in Brazil’s Amazon region. But powerful forces profit from rainforest destruction.

Three reasons for failure, and four reasons to be hopeful.

The rise of e-commerce means billions of packages are delivered in the US each year. That creates traffic and pollution, but urban freight researchers are finding better way to get goods to customers.

Estradas ilegais trouxeram desmatamento, fogo e outros danos ambientais para a Amazônia. Os resultados do segundo turno presidencial de 2022 podem ter um grande impacto no futuro.