Current:Home > ScamsThe Hope For Slowing Amazon Deforestation -Wealth Evolution Experts
The Hope For Slowing Amazon Deforestation
View
Date:2025-04-11 23:16:08
Brazil's president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is renewing calls to protect the Amazon and reign in the deforestation. Climate scientists are encouraged but so far there aren't a lot of specifics of how this might happen. NPR's Kirk Siegler traveled to a remote Amazonian research station that is also threatened by illegal logging and talks to host Aaron Scott about his trip.
This episode was produced by Thomas Lu and edited Gisele Grayson. Our fact checker was Abe Levine.
veryGood! (88)
Related
- Toyota to invest $922 million to build a new paint facility at its Kentucky complex
- Before that awful moment, Dolphins' Tyreek Hill forgot something: the talk
- Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.20%, its lowest level since February 2023
- Dancing With the Stars Season 33 Trailer: Anna Delvey Reveals Her Prison Connection to the Ballroom
- Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
- South Carolina justices refuse to stop state’s first execution in 13 years
- Utility ordered to pay $100 million for its role in Ohio bribery scheme
- Hank, the Milwaukee Brewers' beloved ballpark pup, has died
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Another Midwest Drought Is Causing Transportation Headaches on the Mississippi River
Ranking
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- Powerball winning numbers for September 11: Jackpot rises to $134 million
- This Beloved Real Housewives of Miami Star Is Leaving the Show
- Meet the cast of 'The Summit': 16 contestants climbing New Zealand mountains for $1 million
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- US consumer watchdog moves to permanently ban Navient from federal student loan servicing
- American Airlines flight attendants ratify contract that ends their threats to go on strike
- Shannon Sharpe apologizes for viral Instagram Live sex broadcast
Recommendation
Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
Colorado teen hoping for lakeside homecoming photos shot in face by town councilman, police say
North Carolina Gov. Cooper’s second-term environmental secretary is leaving the job
Actor Chad McQueen, son of Steve McQueen, dies at 63
US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
Texas’ highest criminal court declines to stop execution of man accused in shaken baby case
Filipino televangelist pleads not guilty to human trafficking charges
Schools reopen with bolstered security in Kentucky county near the site of weekend I-75 shooting