Senator Eliziane Gama (PSD-MA), coordinator in the Senate of the Mixed Environmentalist Parliamentary Front, criticized the president’s (PT) less than a week after the country hosted the UN conference on climate change.
“It’s a shame, right after Brazil hosts COP30, to see the National Congress pass the bulldozer on environmental commitments, when it decides to overturn vetoes on the Environmental Licensing Law”, says Gama.
Licensing is an analysis of the possible environmental impacts for projects such as works, oil and mineral exploration. The expected changes may boost risky activities, such as communities affected by the projects.
The decision to overthrow led the government and civil society organizations to . In an interview with CanalGov on Friday (28), the minister (Environment and Climate Change) stated that the overturning of the vetoes is a “real demolition” of Brazilian environmental legislation.
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