Brazil’s lower house has passed a controversial bill that overhauls environmental legislation. Critics argue it undermines ...

A significant bill to revise Brazil's environmental regulations has been passed by the lower house, drawing criticism from ...

Critics have called it "by far the worst piece of legislation” ever from an environmental standpoint. View on euronews ...

Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is vowing an environmental overhaul of government policy on a scale rivaling the proposed U.S. Green New Deal, according to his senior ...

Appointed by Bolsonaro in December 2018, the 45-year-old has led a decisive campaign to overhaul Brazil’s environmental institutions and relax regulations.

This is not the first time that Brazil has dealt with a water crisis. Between 2012 to 2015, the state of Sao Paulo, with some 46 million inhabitants , experienced one of its worst droughts.

Eight past environmental ministers assail policies. Amazon Fund and 334 Brazilian parks at risk; sweeping illegal deforestation amnesties head to approval.

Environmentalists in Brazil are feeling the heat. Conservative lawmakers want to weaken the country’s environmental regulations to clear the way for rapid development of energy facilities, mines ...