{"id":4157,"date":"2012-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4157\/driving-destruction-in-the-amazon\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T04:36:37","slug":"driving-destruction-in-the-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/driving-destruction-in-the-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Destruction in the Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Wood charcoal is burning up more than what\u2019s for dinner at backyard barbeques. In Brazil- the world\u2019s largest consumer of wood charcoal, almost all of the wood charcoal is used to process pig iron ( a key ingredient for steel). Turning iron ore dirt into steel requires massive amounts of energy, and for the rainforest in the northeastern Amazon, this energy has come at a heavy price. 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Steel is found everywhere &#8211; cars, appliances, construction, and airplanes.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/24e5322e-423cover.jpg' alt='423Cover.jpg' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><object style=\"width: 420px; height: 297px;\" data=\"http:\/\/static.issuu.com\/webembed\/viewers\/style1\/v2\/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=120514151921-863772d3806b40eba843fa257feb1a3e\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/static.issuu.com\/webembed\/viewers\/style1\/v2\/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=120514151921-863772d3806b40eba843fa257feb1a3e\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/static.issuu.com\/webembed\/viewers\/style1\/v2\/IssuuReader.swf?mode=mini&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=120514151921-863772d3806b40eba843fa257feb1a3e\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"mode=mini&amp;backgroundColor=%23222222&amp;documentId=120514151921-863772d3806b40eba843fa257feb1a3e\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Two years of Greenpeace investigations, summarized in this report, reveal that end users including major global car manufacturers \u2013 indirectly or directly source pig iron whose production is fueled by forest destruction and slave labour in their supply chain. 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