Solar installation and deforestation in the Amazon: Photo of the week

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May 4, 2026, 7:28 am182 ptsTrendingTop
In August 2025, photojournalist Victor Moriyama captured this scene on the outskirts of Rio Branco, the capital of Acre, a state in the far northwest of the Brazilian Amazon. As a row of trucks in the background carries piles of wood freshly logged from the rainforest, employees of Primaz Energia Solar, a local…

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