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Brazil’s lower house approves looser forest protections

By Bradley Brooks, Published: May 25

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — Brazil’s lower house passed legislation Tuesday night that would loosen restrictions on how small farmers use their land in the Amazon forest. Lawmakers dropped a change that had most worried environmentalists, although critics of the bill still fear it will cause increased deforestation.Veja o resto da notícia no Washington Post.

NYT: Louisiana Spillway Opened to Relieve Flooding

New York Times: Louisiana-Como lidar com a força bruta das águas?
MORGANZA, La. — After declaring that “public safety is our No. 1 priority,” officials from the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Morganza spillway, sending water from the engorged Mississippi River rushing into the pastures and cropland here to forestall potentially catastrophic damage farther downstream. Veja  artigo completo no New York Times


Vocabulário pertinente: 

Spillway: vertedouro, desaguadouro.
Levee: dique

Downstream: rio abaixo

Flood: inundação,cheia, enchente