Amazon's Illegal Timber Trade Exposed, Global Climate Protests Wind Down, and Elephants' Surprising Role in Climate Change

From the Amazon's shadowy timber trade to the end of Just Stop Oil's dramatic protests, today's stories reveal the complex battle between environmental protection and economic interests. As investigators uncover sophisticated schemes moving illegal lumber into U.S. markets and climate activists shift tactics, scientists debate an unexpected climate solution: whether elephants' forest-shaping behaviors could help or harm carbon sequestration efforts.