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

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

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

Having returned to the helm of the environment ministry in 2023, on July 2nd she was summoned before a committee in the lower ...

Brazil's Congress has passed legislation easing environmental licensing rules, impacting President Lula's efforts to enhance ...

The U.S. investigation into Brazil’s trade practices will include looking into whether illegal deforestation gives Brazilian ...

For example, she said, the environmental licensing process for a hydroelectric plant takes an average of 10 years, and the country has 27,000 regulations. In 2022, she said, more than 5,000 projects — ...

Environmental groups condemn new laws threatening soybean restrictions in Brazil's Amazon Highway BR-163 stretches between the Tapajos National Forest, left, and a soy field in Belterra, Para ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Dozens of environmental nonprofits issued a manifesto Thursday condemning new laws in Brazilian states that threaten to dismantle the Amazon soy moratorium — a landmark ...

However, new laws recently enacted in the Amazon states of Mato Grosso, Brazil’s largest soybean producer, and neighboring Rondonia have cut tax incentives for processing and trade companies ...