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Built in the early 1960s through the Amazon rainforest, BR-364 was the first overland route to Brazil’s westernmost region. Since then, the landscape along the road has been reshaped by human settlement, with large swaths of forest cleared for commodity production. (via @mongabay.com)

President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B fee and Republican-introduced legislation will make it significantly more difficult and expensive for America’s top research institutions — which already cannot keep up with industry compensation — to continue to attract skilled workers from across the world.

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Although Hong Kong's Feed-in-Tariff scheme has helped reduce rooftop solar panel payback periods by nearly 25 years, installations have declined every year since the program's launch, and its government intends to sunset the subsidy by 2033.

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@thexylom.com doing the good work as usual. H-1B are not just used by rich tech companies!!! Wild how much misconception I’ve seen from people I thought would be better informed

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Although Hong Kong's Feed-in-Tariff scheme has helped reduce rooftop solar panel payback periods by nearly 25 years, installations have declined every year since the program's launch, and its government intends to sunset the subsidy by 2033.

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A plan by Brazil to privatize a highway that cuts through the Amazon rainforest to create an overland corridor to Peru and streamline commodity exports to China is alarming critics, who fear the country risks repeating its history by attracting illegal loggers and land grabbers. (via @mongabay.com)

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BREAKING: Mario Guevara has reunited with family members and media colleagues after being deported to Olocuilta, El Salvador.

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