Just saw on the news: The Amazon Rainforest is on fire

[CatWoman]

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Likely arson. President wanted to clear it away to allow agriculture.

[IcyPeas]

2. there was a post yesterday about this

where did you see it on the news? at least they are mentioning it now. this is huge fire.

[CatWoman]

6. MSNBC

Ali Veschi's show

[Newest Reality]

3. That means that

The world's lungs are burning--they are our lungs. Breathe, breathe in the air.

[ehrnst]

4. There are many small farmers who are setting fires for more grazing land

They know it's illegal, but there are very few resources to enforce it.

[DesertRat]

5. It's been burning for 3 WEEKS, and is just now making the news here in the U.S.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[CatWoman]

7. Ali's talking about it now

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. even the sociopath CEOs should mourn those losses

Even if you ignore the horrors inflicted on the wildlife, and ignore the threat to the entire planet, the loss of all that money in standing exotic timber should have an effect on the most callous of the greed-mongers.

[Mrs. Overall]

8. And Trump just announced this afternoon that he's skipping the UN Climate Summit