The raging fires have killed at least 55 people and caused what is expected to be billions of dollars in damages. Climate change could prompt more of the same.
For the first time in 14 years, leaders of Amazon nations met to protect the rainforest, but failed to find common ground on deforestation and oil extraction.
The plaintiffs, most of them Indigenous youth, say the state’s highway projects promote greenhouse gas emissions and threaten their constitutional rights.
The state has jumped to the forefront in retraining workers for jobs at large-scale solar plants, and workers from other states are flocking there for guidance.