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Friday, August 23, 2019 Vol. 15 No. 65
‘Amazon on Fire!’ Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest is Burning at a Record Rate, Research Center Says NBC PS News Staff Fires are raging at a record rate in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and scientists warn that it could strike a devastating blow to the fight against climate change. The fires are burning at the highest rate since the country’s space research
center, the National Institute for Space Research (known by the abbreviation INPE), began tracking them in 2013, the center said Tuesday. There have been 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, with more than half in the Amazon region, INPE said. That’s more than an 80%
By Jackie Devereaux and Susan von Seggren (29 Palms, California) – Bhakti Fest is bringing back the spiritual dimension started 50 years ago this summer when Woodstock promoters Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld sought producer Sridhar Silberfein’s advice on the soon-to-be legendary art and music festival they were producing in upstate New York. Sridhar said to them, “Ya got some of the greatest musical acts in the world but what’s missing is the spiritual component.” With their to-do lists already bursting, they answered, “Ok, you deal with that part.”
As can be seen in the documentary film about the event, Woodstock, on August 18, 1969, Sri asked singer/songwriter Richie Havens to introduce Swami Satchidananda. Still reeling from his legendary set, Richie gave him a “that would be a no” look. So, Sri escorted Swami Satchidananda and his entourage onto the Woodstock stage to deliver an invocation. More than half a million American youth were in attendance – the largest peaceful gathering in the West at the time. Swami Satchidananda introduced
increase compared with the same period last year. The Amazon is often referred to as the planet’s lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere. It is considered vital in slowing global warming, and it is home to uncountable
species of fauna and flora. Roughly half the size of the United States, it is the largest rainforest on the planet. Dramatic images and videos on social media show giant plumes of smoke rising from the greenery and lines of fire leaving blackened waste in their wake.
The smoke has reached all the way to Sao Paulo, more than 1,700 miles away. Images from the city show the sky pitch-black in the middle of the afternoon, the sun blanketed by smoke and ash. The European Union’s satellite program, Copernicus, released a map showing smoke from the fires Continues on Page 3
BhaktiFest: Bringing a Spiritual Dimension at a new location in the Hi-Desert
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