Brazil to invest $75 million in highway through Amazon, fueling deforestation concerns

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Brazil's government announced Wednesday that it will invest $75 million in the BR-319 highway cutting through the Amazon rainforest, a project environmentalists say could accelerate deforestation and worsen climate change.

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