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Alison Brie has landed a major role as the villain Evil-Lyn in Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films' live-action adaptation of Masters of the Universe. Brie, who currently stars in Peacock's thriller series Apples Never Fall, will join Nicholas Galitzine and Camila Mendes in the cast. This role is a big shift for Alison Brie, who is mainly known for …

Brazil slows Amazon deforestation, but in Chico Mendes’ homeland, it risks being too late

BRASILIA, Brazil — Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees scattered in her area of the Brazilian Amazon, where she and her family hold rights to tap the trees for latex to sell to a sneaker manufacturer. But progress has been uneven, and in the symbolic Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, it could be …

Fashion sneakers propel sustainable rubber in Brazil Amazon

XAPURI, Brazil — Rubber tapper Raimundo Mendes de Barros prepares to leave his home, surrounded by rainforest, for an errand in the Brazilian Amazon city of Xapuri. Rubber tapper Rogerio Mendes shows off his Veja sneakers, received as a prize for his work as a young rubber extractor in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, Acre state, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 7, …

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