Dom Phillips, The Guardian

Dom Phillips

The Guardian

Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

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Past articles by Dom:

Brazil meat giant JBS vows net zero by 2040 amid record profits

Much of net-zero target could be met if JBS ended deforestation by Amazon suppliers, say campaigners → Read More

Eating up the rainforest: China’s taste for beef drives exports from Brazil

Sales rose by 76% last year and show no signs of slowing, fuelling an environmental crisis in the Amazon and Cerrado regions → Read More

Brazil’s ‘Upside-Down’ Forest Is Facing Devastating Destruction

The Cerrado is the most biologically rich savanna in the world and a huge carbon sink, but it’s being razed to produce soy and beef. → Read More

Brazilian beef farms ‘used workers kept in conditions similar to slavery’

Workers on farms supplying world’s biggest meat firms allegedly paid £8 a day and housed in shacks with no toilets or running water → Read More

'Miners out, Covid out': threats to indigenous reserve in Brazil grow

Illegal goldminers supported by Bolsonaro bring environmental destruction and coronavirus to Yanomami communities → Read More

Rio de Janeiro mayor arrested in corruption investigation

Marcelo Crivella arrested days before leaving office, in blow to Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro → Read More

‘Brazil is a racist country, statistically’: Luedji Luna, the bold voice of Bahia

Amid hostile rhetoric from her president, the singer is trying to foreground community and love in her new, rapturously received album → Read More

The Cerrado: how Brazil’s vital ‘water tank’ went from forest to soy fields

The Cerrado savannah has become an agricultural powerhouse, but wildlife, forests and local communities have paid the price → Read More

Felipe Neto: how a YouTuber became one of Jair Bolsonaro's loudest critics

Neto’s outspokenness landed him on Time’s most influential people list, but also made him the target of a vicious fake news campaign → Read More

Green groups denounce Brazil's 'sham' Amazon tour for foreign diplomats

Campaigners say visit was ‘media propaganda’ as officials failed to stop at any devastated rainforest areas → Read More

Rio F1 racetrack plans add fuel to Brazil deforestation row

Most of city’s last flatland area along with 180,000 trees would be destroyed if project goes ahead → Read More

'He became a hero': Bolsonaro sees popularity surge as Covid-19 spreads

Emergency aid payments have helped Brazil’s president win support despite the virus raging. But things could soon change → Read More

Goldmining having big impact on indigenous Amazon communities

Study calls for more rights for indigenous reserves as rising gold price attracts more miners → Read More

Volkswagen to pay compensation for collaborating with Brazil’s dictatorship

Brazilian investigation found company was one of several that secretly worked with 1964-85 military government → Read More

Brazil meat giant JBS pledges to axe suppliers linked to deforestation

Campaigners welcome turnaround after pressure from investors but say 2025 deadline too long to resolve problems → Read More

Covid warnings ring out as Latin America bids to return to normality

The region has seen some of the longest lockdowns in the world but experts are urging countries not to reopen too soon → Read More

Brazilian wetlands fires started by humans and worsened by drought

Cloud of soot from fire heads towards São Paulo as nearly fifth of Pantanal wetland destroyed by blaze → Read More

Brazil experiences worst start to Amazon fire season for 10 years

Over 10,000 fires seen so far in August, with response of President Bolsonaro condemned as ineffective → Read More

Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation

Responding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free → Read More

Investors drop Brazil meat giant JBS

Top investment house delists world biggest meat producer over lack of commitment to sustainability issues → Read More