Amazonia News

At upcoming Copenhagen summit, Brazil will propose a reduction of at least 36% in its carbon emissions by 2020.

Tens of thousands of Ecuadoreans living in the Amazon rainforest are suing Chevron, the US oil company, for poisoning their waterways in what is billed as one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in history.

The St. Joseph Baptist Association will sponsor its fifth annual Threads of Hope event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Civic Center Park.

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THE Ecuadorian government is to consider changes to the draft mining and water laws that had provoked violent clashes with Amazonian Indians.

An ear of corn sails through the air during the 2009 Missouri State Corn Husking Competition Saturday, Sept.

From the Betsey Johnson collection. Photo by David Wentworth. When Michael Kors tires of crafting pastel Barbarella dresses, he can sell designer migranes.

This is one disaster film you wish was fake. It's the story of what's called the Amazon Chernobyl legal case- a 14 year old class action lawsuit filed against Chevron over the health issues faced by 30-thousand rainforest dwellers after 30 years of oil drilling.

Destenie Linin, 13, and Patti Lawson, 13, race across Lake Contrary Monday as the friends enjoy their Labor Day activities.

Edison Elementary School missed making Adequate Yearly Progress by about 8 percent, said Cheri Patterson, associate St.

ROASTING RUBBER: Amazonian Indians may have originated the rubber boot over a campfire.

Don't discount a bicycle race to St. Joseph this September, the Tour of Missouri's technical director warned Thursday.

Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation will work with construction companies and maintenance employees this week on a number of roads in Northwest Missouri.

Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation will work with construction companies and maintenance employees this week on a number of roads in Northwest Missouri.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia on Saturday named parliamentarian Javier Velasquez Quesquen as the South American nation's new prime minister as part of a shake-up of the government.

Summary: Replays an excerpt of an interview with Tupac Enrique Acosta called Wars of the Petropolis.

Geneva Slade, 98, is the oldest member of the Helena community in Andrew County.

Evo referred to the Bagua Massacre as 'Genocide' and Alan went ballistic. Whose idea exactly was it, Alan, and how's Alberto doing? Peru has recalled its ambassador to Bolivia after President Evo Morales described as "genocide", the recent killings of indigenous Amazonians by Lima.

Ralph Dishong with the Midland Empire chapter of the American Red Cross details the amenities contained in Andrew Countya s new disaster relief trailer.

By Dan Collyns BBC News, Bagua Chica, Peru The removal by Peruvian riot police of thousands of native Amazonian protesters from a road they were blocking was the worst violence the country had seen in a decade.