Brazil soy moratorium fight: Environmental groups are defending an 18-year-old voluntary agreement that bans trading in soybeans grown on recently deforested lands in the Amazon. (Associated Press)
Federal forestry funds: The USDA awarded $355 million for incentives that encourage landowners to sustainably manage privately owned forestlands and to permanently preserve private forests. (USDA)
Tundra emits greenhouse gases: As a result of wildfires and thawing permafrost, the Arctic tundra has become a source of carbon dioxide and methane emissions after centuries of acting as a carbon sink. (NOAA)