Environmentalist killed in Brazil

It hasn't been a good week for people trying to help the environment in Brazil. Little more than a week after the shooting of a nun who opposed loggers and ranchers another shooting has happened in Brazil. This time it was of an unpaid volunteer at a nature preserve near Rio who was combating poaching and the illegal logging of palm trees. It's sad to think that the profit from selling hearts of palm is worth more than a man's life. Here's the article.