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Letter: A lesson in CO2, water vapor and climate change
Brazil 2009
This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. Imazon, a non-government group that monitors the Amazon rainforest, said on May 27, 2019 that the pace of deforestation in the rainforest has increased by 20% since the same August-through-April period in 2018. - photo by Associated Press
Thank you for the article in Sunday’s paper about Cargill’s offer of $30M to end deforestation in Brazil. A corporate spokesperson states, “ the science is very clear, the climate is changing and there is an urgent need to take action to end deforestation.” Most of us recognize that we are in a climate crisis. But our president and a significant number of our legislators claim to be unconvinced.