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Laurel Sutherlin

Laurel Sutherlin is the senior communications strategist for Rainforest Action Network and a contributor to the Observatory. He is a lifelong environmental and human rights campaigner, naturalist, and outdoor educator with a passion for birds and wild places. Follow him on Twitter: @laurelsutherlin.

    September 9, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Why Tamil Nadu Keeps Killing Its Own Projects

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    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Triggers a Battle Over Credit and Ethics

    OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute, each carrying a

    September 9, 2026

    Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI Race Could ‘Gamble With Our Lives’

    Artificial Intelligence

    A young researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from the company, warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems is

    Germany’s Far-Right Surge Tests, But Does Not Upend, Democracy

    Geopolitics

    The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

    Resistance vs. Greed: Saving Earth’s Crucial Rainforest

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    Columns/Geopolitics

    In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through the treetops, rhinos roam free, and elephants share the land with tigers. It is the last place on Earth where they still coexist in the

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    COP16: It’s Wild-West Capitalism Versus Life on Earth

    October 23, 2024
    Columns

    All eyes should be on the salsa dancing capital of the world, Cali, Colombia, where representatives of 190 nations are joined by a broad swath of global civil society and international Indigenous

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    Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz, and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation

    May 18, 2024
    Business/Education

    Since the turn of the century, there has been a consistent average annual loss of 3 to 4 million hectares (7.4 to 9.9 million acres) of tropical forest globally. This puts us far from

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    How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis

    April 27, 2024
    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    In a global context where tropical rainforests play a critical role in biodiversity conservation and climate regulation, these ecosystems are severely threatened by expanding agribusiness and logging activities. This poses significant risks to the

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    Palm Oil in Common Household Products Is Destroying the World’s ‘Orangutan Capital’

    November 18, 2023
    Human Rights

    Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest. Add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops, and tigers prowling the understory, and there is only one place in the world

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