"Its approval is a tragedy." Lawmakers pass controversial 'devastation bill' that drastically weakens crucial laws: 'There's ...

The approval of a bill that weakens environmental rules for mining, infrastructure and agricultural projects has raised ...

A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country's lower house Thursday, drawing criticism by ...

STORY: Brazil's Congress voted Thursday to weaken environmental permitting rules despite fierce opposition from ...

The Brazilian Climate Minister, Marina Silva, said that the Bill “totally ignored that we are in a climate emergency” and ...

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

The conservative coalition that dominates Brazil’s Congress is girding itself for one final push to roll back environmental regulations before campaigns for the country’s October presidential ...

Environmental regulations depend on different administrative spheres. We contacted by e-mail the Secretariat of Extractivism and Rural Sustainable Development from the Ministry of the Environment ...

Brazil is considering measures that would roll back environmental protections and make it difficult to meet its Paris climate accord targets — a signal it is stepping back from its global ...

With environmental laws defanged, deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has surged further this year, rising 25% in the first five months of the year according to preliminary government data ...

Ricardo Salles, Brazil's environment minister, speaks to journalists in Sao Paulo in August 2019. Activists say Salles is working to appease certain business sectors that form a crucial part of ...