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Will the Amazon’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader?

The fate of the rapidly disappearing Amazon rainforest is in new hands after Brazil's latest election. President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made fighting the climate crisis and protecting the Amazon a cornerstone of his campaign. Michael Mann, director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania, joins Geoff Bennett to discuss.

Will the Amazon’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader?

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