Washington Post: ONE OF THE GREATEST weapons against climate change sits on vast tracts of undeveloped Brazilian land. The country is home to nearly half of Earth's rainforests, gobbling up 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year -- a third of the United States' 2010 greenhouse gas output. Maintaining, and expanding, what the Economist aptly termed "the world's lungs' will be essential to fighting global warming, not to mention preserving biological diversity and water systems. The good news: With the help...
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