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Seven killed in helicopter crash in India’s Uttarakhand state

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内容摘要:He also noted increasing demand for corn to go into ethanol. Over 40% of corn grown in the U.S. is turned into biofuels that are eventually guzzled by cars and sometimes even planes. The global production of ethanol has been steadily increasing with the exception of a dip during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

He also noted increasing demand for corn to go into ethanol. Over 40% of corn grown in the U.S. is turned into biofuels that are eventually guzzled by cars and sometimes even planes. The global production of ethanol has been steadily increasing with the exception of a dip during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports after British journalist Dom Phillips was killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete.Phillips, who had been a regular contributor to The Guardian newspaper, was taking one of the final reporting trips planned for his book when he was gunned down by fishermen on June 5, 2022, in

Seven killed in helicopter crash in India’s Uttarakhand state

. Also killed was Bruno Pereira, a Brazilian expert on Indigenous tribes who had made enemies in the region for defending the local communities from intruding fishermen, poachers and illegal gold miners.made headlines around the world. Nine people have been“It was just a horrifying, really sad moment. Everybody was trying to think: How can you deal with something like this? And the book was there,” said Jonathan Watts, an Amazon-based environmental writer for The Guardian who coauthored the foreword and one of the chapters.

Seven killed in helicopter crash in India’s Uttarakhand state

A sign that reads in Portuguese “Justice for Dom and Bruno” with images of the British journalist Dom Phillips, on the left, and the Indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira, is displayed on the Arcos da Lapa aqueduct during a protest by environmental groups to ask for justice for their deaths, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)A sign that reads in Portuguese “Justice for Dom and Bruno” with images of the British journalist Dom Phillips, on the left, and the Indigenous specialist Bruno Pereira, is displayed on the Arcos da Lapa aqueduct during a protest by environmental groups to ask for justice for their deaths, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Seven killed in helicopter crash in India’s Uttarakhand state

With the blessing of Phillips’ widow, Alessandra Sampaio, a group of five friends agreed to carry

forward. The group led by Watts also included Andrew Fishman, the Rio-based president of The Intercept Brasil; Phillips’ agent, Rebecca Carter; David Davies, a colleague from his days in London as a music journalist; and Tom Hennigan, Latin America correspondent for The Irish Times.leader, promotes environmental restoration coupled with ayahuasca treatment and a fish farm. But the veteran reporter doesn’t see how it can be scalable and reproducible given man-made threats and climate change.

Later in the chapter, he quotes Marek Hanusch, a German economist for the World Bank, as saying: “At the end of the day, deforestation is a macroeconomic choice, and so long as Brazil’s growth model is based on agriculture, you’re going to see expansion into the Amazon.”In the foreword, the group of five organizers state that “Like Dom, none of us was under any illusion that our writing would save the Amazon, but we could certainly follow his lead in asking the people who might know.”

But in this book stained by blood and dim hope, there is another message, according to Watts: “The most important thing is that this is all about solidarity with our friend and with journalism in general.”The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s

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