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Marina Silva caminha junto ao líder yanomami Davi Kopenawa na base federal instalada na terra indígena yanomami, em Roraima, no dia 5 de março de 2023.

Marina Silva walks with the indigenous yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa

Credit: Felipe Werneck/Ministério Do Meio Ambiente

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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