Amazon Fires 2019

• Warplanes dump water as Brazil fights fires ravaging the Amazon

  Nearly 80,000 fires have been registered across Brazil through Aug. 24, the highest since at least 2013, according to space research agency INPE.

  Environment

  Aug 25, 2019
  
• Brazil president plans to send in army to contain Amazon fires

  The president of Brazil did not say when the armed forces would get involved but suggested that action could be imminent.

  Weather

  Aug 23, 2019
  
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• Greenpeace: G7 leaders cannot use Amazon fires to distract from own climate plans

  A record number of fires burning in the rainforest in Brazil this month is raising serious concerns about the planet's health.

  World

  Aug 23, 2019
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• In photos: Protests at Brazilian embassies worldwide as Amazon rainforest fires rage

  Like the fires, the anger has spread. Now, outraged environmentalists around the world have set their sights on Brazilian embassies.

  World

  Aug 23, 2019