Amazon Wildfire

• Brazilian envoys in U.S. to discuss aid for raging Amazon fires

  Bolsonaro said he had asked U.S. President Donald Trump for “help” and that Trump had said “he couldn’t make a decision without hearing from Brazil.”

  Environment

  Aug 30, 2019
  
• Canada pushes for better Amazon protection during free trade talks with Brazil

  The talks are continuing despite Brazil's initial rejection of international funding to help fight fires in the Amazon, apparently over a personal spat with France's President Emmanuel Macron.

  World

  Aug 27, 2019
  
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• Amazon fires turn atmosphere from green to red with carbon monoxide in NASA animation

  NASA noted that pollutants can travel great distances, and that carbon monoxide in particular can remain in the atmosphere for as long as a month.

  Environment

  Aug 23, 2019