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9/1/19
Searching for El Dorado: The Colonial Fantasy of the Amazon
by Ed Simon
There is a direct ideological thread that runs from the early explorers of the Caribbean and South America and the current environmental catastrophe unfolding in the Brazilian rainforest as fire burns its way across the length of a land which was once called paradise.
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9-3-15
Why Forest Fires Seem Like They Are Getting Out of Control
by Stephen J. Pyne
It's not your imagination. Things are worse. Here's why.
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