US EditionBrazil's Decision to Research Oil in Amazon Is Sovereign, Says Executive Director Cop30
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Ana Toni refused that the licence granted to the Petrobras State Petrobras oil pipeline, which was widely criticized by environmentalist organizations, affects Brazil's "creditability" as a mediator of the discussions.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva publicly defended the exploration of oil in the Equatorial Marge, more specifically in the Amazon Foz, as a way to finance the country's energy transition. The statement was made in response to questions about the studies that Petrobras is conducting in the region, which extends from the coast of the Amapá to the North River. The president's position has generated strong critical environmentalists. The main co…
The Brazilian government has approved a licence for drilling and oil exploration on the coast of the world's largest tropical forest, a "highly sensitive marine ecosystem", where there are species on extinction routes. The authorisation, pressured by President Lula da Silva, comes up a month before the country welcomes the great summit of the United Nations climate, the COP30.
The Brazilian public company Petrobras began drilling an oil exploration well 500 kilometres from the mouth of the longest river in the world, after receiving the green light from the authorities on 20 October. Supported by President Lula, this very controversial project illustrates the country's contradictions, which is about to host the global climate conference in Belém.
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