Reuters reveals U.S. goals to sanction Brazil deforesters, including chew to local weather battle – Reuters Information Company

Reuters solely reported that america is trying to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation within the Brazilian Amazon, utilizing penalties similar to Magnitsky sanctions to deal with local weather change extra aggressively. The plan represents a significant shift in Washington’s technique to fight international warming, including the chew of direct sanctions to its toolkit of tax incentives, diplomatic nudges and complicated, slow-moving multilateral accords.