MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes August 23, 2019 00:15:00
Protection purposes. they both absorb carbon when they are standing and so the destruction whether by logging or fires eliminates that possibility of their carbon absorpti absorption, but also when they're cut down or burned, they release more carbon dioxide, all that carbon dioxide they've been storing, they release that into the atmosphere. it's a double whammy. >> there's been a 70 some percent increase in the same period in 2018, almost 40,000 fires. two things from the president of brazil, bolcinaro has blamed the ngos, he hasn't specified which, but i imagine amazon watch is one of them ...