Subscribe to this tag Brazil: Deforestation Sees Biggest Drop in 20 Years
Science - November 13, 2009
Drop seems to be a combination of Brazil's monitoring efforts and the global economic crisis.
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Environmental Questions Dog Brazil's Farming Boom
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Thomas Omestad
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Nation & World - June 19, 2008
A Brazilian official cites new protections and denies new wave of Amazon deforestation.
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Tensions Over Protecting the Amazon Rain Forest
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Thomas Omestad
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Nation & World - May 16, 2008
Brazilian farmers complain about a government campaign against illegal deforestation.
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Loss of Amazon Jungle Prods Brazil to Act
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Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 25, 2008
With illegal deforestation mounting, officials say they'll increase their vigilance.
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Let's Hear It for the AMT
Michael Barone - February 7, 2007
Ruth Marcus has a good column in today's Washington Post on the alternative minimum tax, which she calls "Bush's stealth tax increase." It's accompanied, in the print edition and online, with a table that shows the percentage of tax cuts taken back by the AMT.
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