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Brazil fires need harsher punishment: environmental police boss

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75% Informative

Humberto Freire , police chief in charge of the environment and the Amazon rainforest, calls for harsher punishments for environmental crimes.

Freire: "There are economic motivations, to clear areas for pasture, or even to appropriate public lands" The fires have left major cities Rio de Janeiro , Sao Paulo and Brasilia choking on fumes, destroyed crops and left jaguars with burn injuries.

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83

Informative language

86

Neutral language

74

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

55

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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