Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said at a press conference that the state-run oil company Petrobras might still explore hydrocarbons near the Amazon River’s mouth, despite an environmental license being denied for this purpose. In mid-May, the country’s leading environmental authority denied Petrobras the required permission to explore crude oil deposits in the […]
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