Brazil is pursuing significant oil and gas expansion plans despite its role as host of the COP30 climate summit, raising concerns about its commitment to environmental policies.

Brazil’s government announced that multiple oil companies secured the rights to develop 19 offshore oil fields near the ...

Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River, aiming to expand production in ...

Brazil sold extraction rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at an auction slammed by ...

In the far north of Brazil, where the Amazon River collides with the sea, an environmental dilemma has awakened a national political debate. There, the Brazilian government has been researching the ...

Mr. Lula, 79, has said he wants to make Brazil a ... major offshore oil exploration project near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Welcomed with Indigenous dances and singing, Lula met with Chief Raoni Metuktire and other leaders from the Capoto-Jarina, Panará, Xingu Indigenous Park, and Wawi Indigenous Land, located in the Xingu ...

Just months before Brazil is due to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Lula is pushing for oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon River, and his government has approved ...

Lula, who took office in 2023 ... off Amapa's coast and over 500 kilometers away from the Amazon River's mouth. But Angelo, the Climate Observatory expert, says the area faces significant ...

See All Key Ideas Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pushing to approve exploratory oil drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River before November’s U.N. COP30, an initiative which ...

A house stands among rivers next to the mouth of Amazonas River on the coast of Amapa state, near Macapa city, northern Brazil, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Since taking office for his third ...

Brazil´s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pressing the country’s environmental regulator to approve exploratory drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River, defending the push by saying new oil ...