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Tue Oct 21, 2025, 06:48 AM Yesterday

Sure, Why Not!! Just In Time For CRAP 30, Brazil Greenlights Oil Drilling At The Mouth Of Amazon River

Brazil’s Petrobras has been given permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over the country’s green ambitions as it prepares to host UN climate talks.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president, has come under fire from conservationists who argue his oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change. Brazil will host Cop30 climate talks in the Amazon city of Belem next month.

Petrobras said drilling in the Foz de Amazonas region would begin immediately and would last for five months, after its five-year battle to get permission to explore the area. “Petrobras met all the requirements established by [environmental watchdog] Ibama, fully complying with the environmental licensing process,” the oil giant said in a statement sent to AFP.

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Ibama denied Petrobras an exploration license in 2023, citing inadequate plans to protect wildlife in case of an oil spill. As Petrobras appealed, pressure rose from Lula who said earlier this year that Ibama was a government agency acting as if it was “against the government”. In February, an opinion signed by 29 Ibama technical staff and seen by AFP said the recommendation remained to “deny the environmental license”, highlighting the risk of “massive biodiversity loss in a highly sensitive marine ecosystem”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/20/brazil-greenlights-oil-drilling-amazon

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