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Diplomatic outrage over Amazon rainforest fires

Name: Diplomatic outrage over Amazon rainforest fires
Uploaded: 2019-08-23T18:35:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 53 s
Description: Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have set off a diplomatic firestorm ahead of the G-7 Summit in France this weekend. The rainforest has been burning at a rate of three football fields per minute. Elizabeth Palmer reports.

Wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest have set off a diplomatic firestorm ahead of the G-7 Summit in France this weekend. The rainforest has been burning at a rate of three football fields per minute. Elizabeth Palmer reports.