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ASIA
How does U.S. government launch antitrust action against Big Tech?
By Miao Wang The U.S. government has significantly increased its antitrust crackdown on Internet companies since 2020. The Trump administration…
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AMERICAS
The catastrophe at the Amazon rainforests
By Sankalp Singh The Amazon once hailed as the World’s ‘lungs’ is now but a major source of carbon emitter.…
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AMERICAS
Looking ahead at 2021: no predictions
I am an eternal optimist and feel confident that our future is bright. I envision that we will build a…
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AMERICAS
Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God’s earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon?
By Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University When the Brazilian city of São Paulo abruptly went dark at midday on…
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AMERICAS
South America’s second-largest forest is also burning – and ‘environmentally friendly’ charcoal is subsidizing its destruction
By Joel E. Correia, University of Florida The fires raging across the Brazilian Amazon have captured the world’s attention. Meanwhile,…
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AMERICAS
In Brazil’s rainforests, the worst fires are likely still to come
By Robert T. Walker, University of Florida The number of fires this year in the Amazon is the highest since…
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AMERICAS
Dousing the sovereignty wildfire
By Jean Pisani-Ferry On the eve of the recent G7 summit in Biarritz, French President Emmanuel Macron described the Amazon…
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POLITICS
Brazil thanks Trump for being “on the same page” in the Amazon controversy: no foreign interference
Brazil and the United States believe the international community should have no say in confronting fires raging in the Amazon…
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AMERICAS
The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest
By Catesby Holmes, The Conversation Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire…
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AMERICAS
Amazon, Google and Facebook warrant antitrust scrutiny for many reasons – not just because they’re large
By Amanda Lotz, Queensland University of Technology There’s a growing chorus of U.S. politicians, antitrust scholars and consumer watchdogs calling…
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