I'm from Brazil. For the rest of HN which might not know: the president has long dismissed environmental issues as idle "communist" talk (in his own words: "Co

I'm from Brazil. For the rest of HN which might not know: the president has long dismissed environmental issues as idle "communist" talk (in his own words: "Construction projects get delayed because someone finds a petrified poo of an indigenous person"[1]. His Minister of the Environment, Ricardo Salles, has a history[2] of environment-related crimes. He is basically a lobbyist for mining and logging corporations. The Amazon fires are just the most jarring example of how the administration doesn't care about the environment, but they are far from the only or even the greatest environmental issue right now in Brazil. [1] https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2019/08/cocozinho-petrificado-de-indio-barra-licenciamento-de-obras-diz-bolsonaro.shtml https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2019/08/cocozinho-petr... [2] https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/12/19/justica-de-sp-condena-futuro-ministro-do-meio-ambiente-por-improbidade-administrativa.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2018/12/19/justica...