By Valerie Volcovici BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -California Governor Gavin Newsom has arrived in the Amazon city of Belem with a message for the COP30 summit: his state will continue to be a "reliable partner" on climate policy and green technology despite Washington's abandonment of the effort.

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

BRASILIA – Several states in Brazil are trying to rid themselves of rainforest protections, bowing to pressure from cattle ranchers and soybean growers to cut down trees and expand agriculture. Their efforts run counter to those of President Luiz Inácio ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful operation against a powerful gang.

A deadly tornado tore through a state in southern Brazil, killing at least six people and injuring more than 400 others, local authorities said.

Newsom touts California's clean energy success at COP30, saying state runs on 67% renewable power and proves climate action drives economic growth.

U.N. climate negotiations began Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon as leaders pushed for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it.

With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN's climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight Tuesday and unleashed a barrage of attacks on the fossil fuel agenda of his political nemesis.