All Articles on Amazon Rainforest
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News Bolsonaro's Misogynistic Attack on Brigitte Macron Offers Glimpse Into Psyche of 'Idiotic Baby Men' As thousands of acres of Brazil's Amazon rainforest burned, the president of Brazil—exemplifying other men who attempt to assert power over women and environment—made a "disrespectful" comment about France's First Lady Read more |
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Views Brazil Isn’t the Only Far-Right Government Destroying the Planet As the Amazon burns, the terrifying parallels between the U.S. and Brazilian governments highlight the damage authoritarian leaders are doing. Read more |
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Views Fires Are Devouring the Amazon. And Jair Bolsonaro Is to Blame The ongoing destruction of the Amazon is taking place because of policy choices made by those who now rule Brazil. Read more |
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News As White House Dismisses Planetary Emergency as 'Niche' Issue, Trump Skips G7 Climate Meeting At the meeting the U.S. president didn't attend, world leaders agreed to a $20 million package to fight the fires currently ravaging the Amazon rainforest Read more |
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Views The Amazon Is Burning Because the World Eats So Much Meat And if saving the rainforest isn't enough to convince carnivores to stop eating Brazilian beef—the greenhouse gas emissions the cattle create may be. Read more |
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News 'Our Lungs Are on Fire': Climate Campaigners Rally at Brazilian Embassies to Protest Destruction of Amazon Rainforest "We need governments around the world to speak up against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro—and put pressure on him to stop these devastating fires and protect the Amazon." Read more |
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Views When Reporting on Global Crises Like the Amazon Fires, the Media Needs to Focus on Who’s Fighting Them It doesn’t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won’t change. Read more |
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News Views of Destruction: Satellite Images Reveal Devastating Amazon Fires in Almost Real-Time With near-daily overflights and high-resolution imagery, Planet's constellation of satellites is providing a clear look at some of the fires now burning in the Brazilian Amazon Read more |
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News Bolsonaro's 'Disastrous' Policies on Amazon Led to Fires, Say Observers "We must stand together behind the Indigenous communities and leaders across the Amazon region—from Brazil to Ecuador and beyond. For them the Amazon is more than the lungs of the world, it is their home." Read more |
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Views Leaked Documents Show Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans for Amazon Rainforest DemocraciaAbierta had access to PowerPoints from a meeting between members of the Bolsonaro government. The slides show that the current government intends to use the president's hate speech to diminish the power of minorities living in the region and to implement predatory projects that could have... Read more |