Is AnyBody Doing AnyThing About The Amazon?

[Me.]

aside from that ludicrous 20 mil offer

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. No and since the GOP and rump are bound and determined to kill us all

one way or another, I dont know what to do.

[Me.]

4. Aiding & Abetting

“After yesterday’s revelation that Republican lobbyists were assisting Brazil’s extremist right-wing government in attracting American business investment in the Amazon — promoting opportunities in mining, agribusiness, and the energy sector in what was formerly pristine rainforest — The Intercept has now uncovered ties between a top donor to Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the ongoing destruction in the Amazon.

The connection comes through Stephen Schwarzman —a major Trump ally and someone who has donated millions to Senator McConnell — the co-founder and CEO of Blackstone.

Schwarzman and Blackstone own a majority stake in Hidrovias do Brasil — one of two Brazilian companies controlled by the major U.S. investment firm — that have contributed in significant ways to the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest in the country as they expand deforestation to clear land for grain and soybean crops and build highways and shipping terminals.

Their work helps assist President Jair Bolsonaro’s vision of a manifest destiny for Brazil that includes milking the Amazon region of every resource and dollar that can be extracted without regard to environmental consequences.”

https://www.democraticunderground.com/110868512

[Celerity]

6. +10000

They are a fucking death cult from damn near every angle and level.

[rampartc]

2. probably not

the amazon, and its people, are being sacrificed to the great god "progress."

china's soybeans have to come from somewhere, and slash and burn agriculture should be good for a few crops before the dust starts blowing.

[UniteFightBack]

3. The disgusting Brazilian president didn't want any help...then he does, or maybe not. At least they

gave some money.....unlike the USA.

[Me.]

5. Here's What I Don't Get

Why doesn't someone like Mike Bloomberg, who professes great love for the planet, gather a bunch of billionaires and make Bolosaro a deal he can't pass up?

[Celerity]

8. they probably think Bolsonaro will just 'Trump' the monies

[JI7]

15. you can't trust Bolsonaro .

[Hoyt]

7. Might have helped if USA, Canada, Europe, etc., hadn't decimated their forests

such that the Amazon is such an important event worldwide.

[Me.]

9. So True

and now certain Americans want to ravish the Amazon

[UTUSN]

10. Nah, we're just doing our inhalers...

[JI7]

11. stop buying beef from them

[BigmanPigman]

12. Yes!

[Me.]

13. That's A Step

But would the threat of such be immediate enough?

[JI7]

14. it can't just be a threat. i think cutting and maybe eliminating

beef is something we might have to do worldwide to deal with climate change.

they should also offer other deals or assistance to make up for loss in money from beef sales.

[donkeypoofed]

16. Nothing but making money, you know like usual

Not one of them is scared, like they should be! That's cause they'll all be dead in in a decade or two, and thus won't be feeling the worst of the consequences - and they'll be rich ! So it's all good in their asshole minds.