13 Mar 23
Environment Minister defends that Petrobras “cannot continue being an oil company”
Marina Silva, Brazil’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, spoke in an interview about controversial topics such as fossil fuel exploration in the Amazon and the renewal of the operating license for the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant on the Xingu River. Marina declared that, in her personal opinion, Petrobras cannot continue being an oil company, because it needs to make the transition to renewable energies.
She also referred to Belo Monte as a “trauma,” acknowledging the damage done to local populations and the environment, and expressed concern about the current state of the ministry, which has been significantly undersized and undermined during Jair Bolsonaro’s tenure.
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12 Mar 23
Extreme weather leaves Manaus with eight dead and a trail of destruction
13 Mar 23
Yanomami Genocide: military refuses to fix 46 landing strips that would help indigenous rescues