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SizzlerWA t1_j82bdgh wrote

Reply to comment by epelle9 in Shell’s board of directors sued over ‘flawed’ climate strategy in first-of-its-kind lawsuit | Euronews by ahivarn

I appreciate what you’re saying, and thanks for the analysis, I think it’s fair.

I just don’t condone doing an end run around the legal shields that corporations provide, otherwise everyday employees could be sued for their involvement in non-criminal work outcomes that people disagree with.

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SyntheticSlime t1_j825feb wrote

Reply to comment by garlicroastedpotato in Deforestation in Brazil falls by 60% in first month under Lula by Competitive-Wall2473

It can also be people reading the winds. The argument for crediting Trump with the stock market is that it’s based on expectations. Similarly, maybe knowing there’s a new boss in charge caused some illegal forest clearing to stop. Loggers might have been more confident under Bolsonaro because they thought they’d be less likely to be prosecuted. It’s all pretty nebulous. There are so many factors at play at any given time it’s really hard to know how import any one thing is.

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garlicroastedpotato t1_j820ebo wrote

Reply to comment by mundaniacal in Deforestation in Brazil falls by 60% in first month under Lula by Competitive-Wall2473

Yes it's this subreddit, so your post will probably be deleted. The fact is the measure he announced hasn't been put in place yet. Deforestation could have slowed because illegal foresting operations might not be willing to risk coming into conflict with the Brazilian government. It could be that legal forest clearing is worried that their operations might become illegal and have been doing layoffs. It could be that there's a labor shortage and so it has become harder to hire people for logging.

But it's certainly not anything Lula did. It's kind of like how Donald Trump had a roaring stock market in his first month in office. It's politically useful to claim it as a win. But it's a win for the nation... not an individual.

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mundaniacal t1_j81rqoe wrote

Reply to Deforestation in Brazil falls by 60% in first month under Lula by Competitive-Wall2473

My hot take:

So, this news is overhyped, possibly because it is politically expedient for the US to see Lula as a transformative leftist worth investing in.

From the article:

"It is positive to see such a relevant drop in January," WWF-Brasil conservation specialist Daniel Silva said. "However, it is still too early to talk about a trend reversal, as part of this drop may be related to January cloud cover."

He noted the January data represented the first drop from a year earlier in five months.

The fresh figures come after Reuters reported exclusively on Thursday that the United States was considering its first contribution to a multilateral fund aimed at fighting Amazon deforestation, with a possible announcement during President Joe Biden's meeting with Lula at the White House on Friday.

Edit: didn't realize this was r/upliftingnews , thought this was . . . a different news subreddit with an amusing name. Sorry for making a bummer comment.

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