Posts from the ‘Environmental’ Category

Reuters: Environment

• Warplanes dump water on Amazon as Brazil military begins fighting fires August 25, 2019
  Brazilian warplanes are dumping water on the burning forest in the Amazon state of Rondonia, responding to a global outcry over the destruction of the world's largest tropical rain forest.
• G7 nations close to agreement on tackling Amazon fires: Macron August 25, 2019
  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the leaders of the world's major industrialized nations were close to an agreement on how to help fight the Amazon forest fires and try to repair the devastation.
• Explainer: Why are the Amazon fires sparking a crisis for Brazil - and the world? August 25, 2019
  A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforest's importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to dispatch the military to assist in firefighting.
• Storm Dorian likely to strengthen as it churns toward Caribbean islands August 25, 2019
  Tropical Storm Dorian was likely to strengthen into a hurricane during the next two days as it churned westward in the Caribbean Sea, putting Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles and the Virgin Islands on alert, forecasters said on Sunday.
• Bolivia president does about-face and will now accept aid to put out wildfires August 25, 2019
  Bolivian President Evo Morales did an about-face on Sunday and said he was now open to international aid to fight the blazes that have engulfed rural villages and doubled in size since Thursday.