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The
fires blazing in Brazil's Amazon rainforest this year are
beyond anything we've ever seen before. Every year —
and now, it seems, every month — it gets worse as more and
more people intentionally set fire to the lush, rare habitat
that is the Amazon to provide the food that you and I eat. But
now more than ever, we need the Amazon rainforest, which is
frequently referred to as "the Earth's lungs." As this
critical ecosystem burns to the ground, not only is climate
change ramping up, but the air quality is also declining.
Now, the pollution has gotten so bad, people in
Brazil are getting sick and dying from it.
A recent study shows that the
situation has intensified so drastically, there are now
thousands of air quality-related hospitalizations in the
country just because of the fires alone. This could
not come at a worse time, since we are already in the middle
of a global respiratory pandemic and Brazil is suffering some
of the worst COVID-related fatality rates in the world. The
report explains that President Jair Bolsonaro, his
administration, and their failure to do anything to stop these
human-caused fires are directly at fault for all of this
sickness and death. Brazilians can't afford any more
illnesses, and the global community can't afford any more
greenhouse gas-emitting deforestation. These fires
must end now. Sign the petition to demand that the Brazilian
government bans these fires immediately!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
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The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. Brazil is
already suffering one of the world's worst COVID-19 outbreaks,
and now people are dropping dead from fire-related pollution.
Demand a ban on human-created fires that are
destroying the Amazon rainforest! |
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