The Amazon fires are bad. But the deforestation they represent is far more troubling. Scientists fear the forest may be approaching a tipping point. https://t.co/ROEfdBk7uI By me with help from @JillLanglois.
— Julia Rosen (@1juliarosen) August 26, 2019
Trump remains disinterested
Then there is the incentive angle: The stupid, stupid trade war has China shopping around to places like Brazil for the soybeans they aren’t getting from us any more, and Brazil needs arable land with which to capitalize on the opportunity.