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Criminals may be leveraging climate change as record acreage burns in Brazil's Amazon (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] solo 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure I understand. This article talks about the Amazon fires and the criminals they mention are those that have been illegally ranching cattle there? Not the major deforestation companies for example? Did I perhaps miss something?

[โ€“] silence7 2 points 1 month ago

The criminals are the first step in the deforestation, and they're able to use fire in a way that they weren't before because it's hotter and drier, in part because of past deforestation.