E xactly a year ago, the   worst ever fires were raging   in the Amazon rainforest. In August 2019, 30,900 separate fires burned through the Brazilian Amazon, causing an international crisis and prompting warnings from scientists that the largest rainforest in the world was teetering on the point of no return. Last year’s surge in f…

O ur covid emergency must not detract attention from our slow-burn crisis of climate change. The US, for one, is set to accord it a top priority again; president Joe Biden will host a virtual submit on this issue with 40 other national leaders over Thursday and Friday. His administration has signaled a keenness to double down the me…