Brazil Issues Fewest Number of Environment Fines in 24 Years

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Mar 10, 2020, 3:02 pm236 pts
Brazil’s environment agency last year gave out its lowest number of fines for breaking environmental laws since 1995, Reuters reported. This is despite a devastating surge in deforestation and fires in the Amazon, with nearly 90,000 blazes detected from January to October and more than 2.2 million acres of…

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