- US Treasury secretary makes pitch in Brazil’s Amazon region
- Forest depletion by farming, industry is top environment issue
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled Saturday to the mouth of the Amazon River, pitching the idea that fighting climate change would bolster economic growth in the region and across the globe.
The shift required to lower carbon emissions is “the single greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century,” Yellen said in a speech in Belem, Brazil, after a meeting with finance ministers from the Amazon region.
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