{"id":1319475,"date":"2020-04-15T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T05:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/arch-criminals\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T23:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T05:08:00","slug":"arch-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/arch-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"Arch criminals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are two arch criminals at large who should be tried and convicted of calamitous crimes against humanity. Their actions are setting the stage for the suffering and death of billions of people throughout the world, including the United States.<\/p>\n

The worst of these offenders is Jair Boldanaro, the President of Brazil, who has embarked on a program of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which is absorbing seven billion tons of carbon dioxide every year \u2014 acting as a brake on global warming \u2014 and replacing it with oxygen, which supports all forms of animal life, including humanity.<\/p>\n

This \u201cforest-cleansing\u201d is being driven by a desire for more wealth, primarily by converting forest land into pasture land for beef production, but also to produce palm oil. There is also money to be made from timber harvesting, much of it illegal and largely ignored by the government. This Brazilian government, led by Boldanaro, is encouraging this penetration of the rainforest by widening and paving 480 miles of a neglected dirt road that had become virtually impassible, opening more than 200 million acres of forest to destruction. Tractors, trailers, excavators and ten saw mills have followed.<\/p>\n

In a recent 12-month period, 3,800 square miles of Brazilian rainforest were destroyed, a 30 percent increase over the previous 12 months. Currently 15\u201317 percent of the Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. Forestry experts warn that if rainforest destruction reaches 20\u201325 percent, the rains on which the rainforest depends for its survival will be reduced, resulting in hotter temperatures and more fires. The ability of the Amazon to absorb CO2 will diminish and could disappear, with devastating consequences.<\/p>\n

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