"Brazil's Seed Collectors Combat Amazon Deforestation" [1]
"Restoration of forestland and other areas is taking root, but lags far behind the rapid rate of deforestation in the Amazon."

"Restoration of forestland and other areas is taking root, but lags far behind the rapid rate of deforestation in the Amazon."
"The Republican Study Committee on Tuesday published a framework for a second reconciliation package that calls for selling off federal public lands to build housing, adopting a contentious proposal previously championed by Utah Sen. Mike Lee."
"The House passed a bill last week that would “repurpose” $500 million meant for cleaning up environmental and safety hazards caused by decades of coal mining."
"Some of the world's largest soybean traders are preparing to break their agreement to curb deforestation of the Amazon rainforest to preserve tax benefits in Brazil's top farm state, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters."
"Greenhouse gas and particulate emissions from fires globally may be 70 percent higher than once believed."
"Will lawmakers put a man who has argued that “we do not even need” the vast majority of federal lands in charge of 250 million acres of them?"
"Preventing illegal road building could help protect tropical forests. New research tries to identify which areas are most at risk."
"The rule banning new roads in some forests protects prime bear habitat and was part of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s justification for its failed attempt to delist grizzlies in 2017."
"Residents of Gloster, Mississippi, are suing plant that exports wood pellets to UK and Europe. Company says it is reducing emissions"

Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here [45].
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/brazils-seed-collectors-combat-amazon-deforestation
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population
[8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america
[10] https://www.context.news/nature/brazils-seed-collectors-combat-amazon-deforestation
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/republicans-resurrect-failed-public-land-sell-scheme
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns
[18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[19] https://www.publicdomain.media/p/republicans-budget-framework-federal-land-sale
[20] https://www.sej.org/headlines/coal-communities-protest-house-cutting-abandoned-mine-lands-clean-funds
[21] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/waste
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water
[25] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13012026/congress-bill-would-reduce-money-to-clean-abandoned-coal-mine-lands/
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/exclusive-soy-trading-firms-abandon-amazon-protection-pact-brazil
[27] https://www.fastbull.com/news-detail/soy-trading-firms-to-abandon-amazon-protection-pact-4362443_0
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wildfire-smoke-national-crisis-and-it-s-worse-you-think
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international
[32] https://grist.org/health/wildfire-smoke-is-a-national-crisis-and-its-worse-than-you-think/
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-blm-pick-first-real-test-new-senate-public-lands-caucus
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife
[36] https://www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-steve-pearce-senate-public-lands-caucus
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-blocking-illegal-ghost-roads-could-protect-tropical-forests
[38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/infrastructure
[39] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/climate/amazon-tropical-rainforest-ghost-roads-research.html
[40] https://www.sej.org/headlines/killing-roadless-rule-could-make-it-harder-delist-yellowstone-grizzlies
[41] https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22122025/roadless-rule-protects-yellowstone-grizzly-bears/
[42] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mississippi-residents-say-wood-pellet-plant-harming-their-town
[43] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast
[44] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/17/mississippi-wood-pellet-industry-energy
[45] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/top-environment-and-energy-topics-watch-2026
[46] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news
[47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists
[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries
[51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health
[52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/military
[54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/policy
[55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/technology
[57] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[58] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california
[59] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-lakes
[60] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/great-plains
[61] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic
[62] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west
[63] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northeast
[64] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest
[65] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest
[66] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=1
[67] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=3
[68] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=4
[69] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=5
[70] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=6
[71] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=7
[72] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=8
[73] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests?page=189