Still A Bit Foreign

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased twice in the last three years. Somehow or other, the destruction has continued in spite of the government's deregulation measures and removal of red tape by President Dilma Rousseff, who apparently wishes to emulate our own Head Boy in leading her country's greenest government ever. The Brazilian environment minister showed her lack of Britishness by admitting the increase rather than claiming that it was all part of her long-term clean energy plan; hence, it remains unclear whether the Brazilian economy is yet sufficiently advanced to incorporate such monuments to sustainability as shale-fracking and Chinese uranium.