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Brazilian official blames "invading climate change activist" for Amazon fires
Indonesia arrests around 200 as thick smog from forest fires reaches hazardous levels
By Helen Regan, CNN
Updated 3:39 AM ET, Wed September 18, 2019
(CNN) - Dozens of people have been arrested over suspected involvement in massive forest fires in Indonesia, where thousands of hectares of ecologically rich land have been burned, engulfing the region in a thick toxic haze.
The country's National Police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said Monday that 185 people had been arrested across six provinces hit by fires and four corporations were under investigation. He added that "99% of the forest and land fires occurred due to human factors."
Fires and ensuing smog are a persistent problem during the summer months caused by slash and burn techniques to clear the land -- the same practice that led to fires in the Brazilian Amazon earlier this year.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/asia/indonesia-malaysia-haze-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=2c945b1ff1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_17_02_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-2c945b1ff1-104928233
By Helen Regan, CNN
Updated 3:39 AM ET, Wed September 18, 2019
(CNN) - Dozens of people have been arrested over suspected involvement in massive forest fires in Indonesia, where thousands of hectares of ecologically rich land have been burned, engulfing the region in a thick toxic haze.
The country's National Police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said Monday that 185 people had been arrested across six provinces hit by fires and four corporations were under investigation. He added that "99% of the forest and land fires occurred due to human factors."
Fires and ensuing smog are a persistent problem during the summer months caused by slash and burn techniques to clear the land -- the same practice that led to fires in the Brazilian Amazon earlier this year.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/18/asia/indonesia-malaysia-haze-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=2c945b1ff1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_17_02_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-2c945b1ff1-104928233
Adversely, the political and environmental climate in Brazil continues to deteriorate
Brazil is 'not the culprit' for the Amazon fires, says country's foreign minister
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 3:46 AM ET, Thu September 12, 2019
(CNN) - Brazil's foreign minister addressed the Amazon fires and climate change on Wednesday -- but not in the way you might expect.
In a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araujo denied that his country was responsible for the devastation of the rainforest, and accused other countries and activists of trying to "invade Brazil" under the guise of climate change action.
"It doesn't seem like a climate catastrophe to me, at least," he said. "But from the debate that is going on, it would seem that the world is ending."
He acknowledged that climate change was real and was scientifically observable, but questioned whether it was a manmade phenomenon, claiming computer models were largely wrong and "overestimated the increasing temperature."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/12/americas/brazil-climate-minister-intl-hnk-scli/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=2c945b1ff1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_17_02_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-2c945b1ff1-104928233
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Updated 3:46 AM ET, Thu September 12, 2019
(CNN) - Brazil's foreign minister addressed the Amazon fires and climate change on Wednesday -- but not in the way you might expect.
In a speech at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araujo denied that his country was responsible for the devastation of the rainforest, and accused other countries and activists of trying to "invade Brazil" under the guise of climate change action.
"It doesn't seem like a climate catastrophe to me, at least," he said. "But from the debate that is going on, it would seem that the world is ending."
He acknowledged that climate change was real and was scientifically observable, but questioned whether it was a manmade phenomenon, claiming computer models were largely wrong and "overestimated the increasing temperature."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/12/americas/brazil-climate-minister-intl-hnk-scli/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=2c945b1ff1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_17_02_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-2c945b1ff1-104928233