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greyl

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2. "The far-right president has repeatedly slashed budgets for environmental enforcement"

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Aug 8, 2020, 12:49 AM

Aug 2020

Under Bolsonaro’s leadership, environmental enforcement has also taken a hit. The far-right president has repeatedly slashed budgets for environmental enforcement agencies like Ibama and ICMBio, while also attempting to stop their agents from destroying equipment found during raids on illegal operations in the Amazon.

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/brazilian-amazon-protected-areas-in-flames-as-land-grabbers-invade/

Right-wing cares about their owned goods, not a greater good.

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GOOOOOO .... COVID!!! nt mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #1

. greyl Aug 2020 #3

"The far-right president has repeatedly slashed budgets for environmental enforcement" greyl Aug 2020 #2

My Dog, I hate these fascists so f***ing much ... (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #4

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