TRADE WAR TIED TO FIRES IN BRAZIL WITH MILLION TONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES...
Trade War Tied to Fires in Brazil... An escalating global trade war is inarguably bad news for American farmers and ranchers, who have already collectively lost billions of dollars. Long-term damage to important trading relationships will likely cost billions more. But there's another victim of the trade war: the environment. Without the United States as a reliable trading partner, China has been forced to seek other markets for the commodities it has historically purchased from American farmers. And other countries have responded to this new opportunity. In order to meet China's thirst for soybeans, Brazilian farmers have converted large swaths of the savanna and forested land, likely contributing to the thousands of wildfires currently burning in the Amazon rainforest. Completely changing a biome does not come without consequences. Eliminating native vegetation in the Amazon has shrunk the habitat for ten percent of all wildlife species and put thousands at risk of e...