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Clashing Visions of Conservation Shake Brazils Presidential Vote
2014-10-04 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: As the fires rage, the helicopters of the environmental police at this outpost in the Brazilian Amazon cannot even take off some mornings because the sky is so thick with smoke. The plumes, sent up by the burning of the forest to clear land for cattle grazing, have grown so vast this year that astronauts have photographed them from the International Space Station. From the podium at the United Nations to declarations on the campaign trail, President Dilma Rousseff is celebrating Brazils protection...
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