Snapshot: Scorched Earth Policy Snapshot: Scorched Earth Policy

A lone tree standing in what used to be a rainforest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The country’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics have furthered environmental damage, as Dave Zirin has reported in these pages. In a move that has outraged the citizenry, a stadium is being built in the Amazon.

May 13, 2014 / Editorial / Bruno Domingos