When Bolsonaro Tweeted, Deforestation Surged, Study Finds

Yale e360
Sep 29, 2026, 8:46 am71 ptsTrending
As president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro not only weakened regulations and gutted agencies charged with protecting the Amazon, he also encouraged the clearing of forest. An analysis of his tweets and those of his ministers finds a link between their rhetoric and the acres of forest lost. Read more on E360 →

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