Festivals Amazon Day 2022, California against global warming and +

3 DAYS TO AMAZON DAY

O Amazon Day is celebrated on September 5th and its main objective is to make people aware of the importance of the largest tropical forest in the world, whose biodiversity is connected to life across the planet and has suffered constant attacks. This date was chosen as a way to honor the creation of the Province of Amazonas (currently the State of Amazonas) by D. Pedro II, in 1850.

🌳 The Amazon, undone

The series of reports from the North American newspaper The Washington Post seeks to reveal how crime, corruption and greed are accelerating the destruction of the world's largest rainforest.

In its most recent chapter (published on the 30th) – A Failure of Execution: Deforesters are plundering the Amazon. Brazil is letting them get away with it – the authors analyze, through data and testimonies, the impunity that affects those who are destroying the Amazon.  

According to the report, among the main problems is the lack of personnel to enforce environmental law – “few inspectors for too much deforestation”.

The authors classify the violent and lawless destruction of the Amazon as “perhaps the greatest environmental crime story in the world”.

Other reports in the series address various topics related to weaning in the Amazon, be sure to check them out! 📝

🎉 Amazon Day Festivals 2022

Free shows and other cultural activities will take place between September 3rd and 10th in eight cities across the country: São Paulo, Manaus, Belém, São Luís, Macapá, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Santarém.

With the name Festivals Amazon Day 2022 and the motto “Take your foot off the ground and keep the Amazon standing”, the event is being produced by a collective of organizations, with the support of socio-environmental entities. The initiative aims to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Amazon and call for justice for the region and its people.

The program includes shows by artists such as Gaby Amarantos, Geraldo Azevedo, BaianaSystem, MC Carol and MC Rapadura.

Check out the full schedule at official event website.

🌱 California approves wave of new climate measures

The North American state adopted new and important actions to combat the global warming.

Lawmakers approved, last Wednesday (31), a record budget of 54 billions of dollars for climate programs; a measure to prevent the closure of the state's last nuclear plant; severe new restrictions on oil and gas drilling and a commitment for California to stop adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2045system. (The New York Times*)

Under newly approved legislation, the state will now have to cut emissions by at least 85% by 2045, offsetting any excess through planting trees or using technologies not yet proven effective.

Last month, California passed a law that will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars from 2035system. (Examination)

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