In Brazil, Fighting on Navy Drilling Tests Lula’s Climate Ambitions | Climate Crisis News

Sao Paulo, Brazil – In the far north of Brazil, the Amazon collided with the Sea of ​​the Tea and woke the environmental political dispute.

There, the Brazilian government is investigating the possibility of seafields from the eastern province of Rio Grande, the eastern state of Amapa, which is close to the Bartian.

This region is known as an equatorial margin and represents hundreds of kilometers of coastal water.

However, critics claim that the government’s President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula also represents the goals of the conflict at Silva.

Loula was in Brazil in the third term as President As champions in the fight against climate change. However, it also supported the residual fuel development in the regions such as in areas such as equatorial margin, as a tool to satisfy the policy of climate change.

“We want oil, because it has been a long time that we have to use it to finance our energy transition, which will require a lot of money,” he said.

However, in 2023 he hit a different position at the beginning of his term. “Our goal is to the congress of the Amazon, zero greenhouse gas waste.”

This year later, these contradictions increased this year to host the United Nations Conference (Cop30) of the United Nations Cap30.

Nicole Oliveira is one of the environmental leaders in Amazonas, Amazonas in the mouth of Amazon River, including the prospects of the Amazon River.

His organization, the Arayara Institute, prevented an auction to sell the auction planned for this week in an equatorial margin. The government is doubting the government’s justification that the regulation will finance more clean energy.

“There is no sign to continue the power transition of (from the government),” Oliveira said.

“On the contrary, it increases the growing pressure of environmental institutions to give licenses and open new areas in Foz do Amazonas and all equatorial margins.”

Last Thursday, the federal prosecutor’s office, postponed the auction, postponed the auction, and before the project continued, and called for more environmental assessment and community consultation.

A government reverse

The fate of the equatorial margin was exposed as part of the Lula government.

In May 2023, the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAAM) – the main environmental regulator of the government – rejected Demand for the State Oil Company of the State Oil Company to carry out exploration drilling in the mouth of the Amazon River.

In the decision, the lack of Ibama environmental risks and assessments, the site was given the “socio-ecological sensitivity of the site.”

However, Petrobras continued to push for a license to dig in the region. In February this year, the situation in Ibama rejected Petrobras’s request again increased.

Lula replied by criticizing the agency to view the process. He claimed that the income from any drilling will help the country and strengthen its economy.

“We must start thinking about the needs of Brazil. Is this good or bad for Brazil? Is this good for the Brazilian economy?” Lula explained radio Clube to money in February.

A politician named Rodrigo Agostinho on May 19, the director of Ibaman, as a result, has canceled the decision of the agency and gave green light to start drilling tests in the region.

Petrobras applauded the opposite. This month, in a statement to Al Jazeerate this month, he said he had a “detailed environmental research” to ensure the security of the proposed oil exploration.

He added that his efforts were fully in accordance with the principles of social development of communities, protection and social development of communities.

“Petrobras is seriously watching all legal and technical requirements defined by the environmental organs,” Petrobras wrote.

At the same time, he also claimed that oil will continue to be a source of life in the future with the transition to low carbon alternatives.

President of the Brazilian Oil and Gas Institute Roberto Ardenghy (IBP), an advocacy group, between those who believe that future oil exploitation for the sustainable growth and prosperity of Brazil.

“Sensitive – Even in terms of energy and food safety, Brazil continues to look for oil in all of these sediment basins,” he said.

Ardenghy added that neighboring countries like Guyana won from “significant discoveries” near the Equatorial Margin.

“Everything is there that there is a strong potential for large oil reservoirs in the region, 30 billion barrels of oil will be about 30 billion barrels of oil. That is why we have made great effort.”

‘The risk of accident’

However, critics claimed that the Amazon River entered the ocean, the subtle ecosystem, mangroves and coral rocks were a watery ecosystem.

There are pink-rich Guiana Dolphin, sperm whales and manats, tie salted waters along with other water mammals. Environmentalists are afraid of drilling, so that these rare and threatening species can pose a further threat.

Local communities In the mouth of the river, as well as the potential of Petrobras to damage oil exploration plans and fathers to fish.

In 2022, the Council of the Local People of Oiapoque (CCPIO) officially wanted the Federal Prosecutor’s Office with a mediator in the mediator with Petrobras.

The federal prosecutor’s office was announced on Thursday, while ordering to postpone the auction, asked for the risk of local nations due to substantiation.

“The area, lifestyle and lifestyle are home in the number of traditional people and communities directly related to the coastal ecosystems,” he said.

However, in a statement to Al Cazeera, Petrobras retains the “Extensive Communication Process” with local stakeholders. He added that “did not have a direct impact on traditional communities,” and as a result of drilling. “

However, some experts have been questioning the security of oil exploration in the region, including Suelly Araujo, who has been chaired by Ibama since 2018 since 2018.

Now the public policy coordinator for the propaganda coalition, Araujo, Araujo, the Amazon River has pointed to practical obstacles as a strong waters flowing from the Amazon River.

“The area is quite complicated with the very strong currents. Petrobras has no previous exploration experience in an area with so many currents,” Araujo said. “Thus, it is an area that increases the risk of accidents during drilling.”

However, Lula’s government suspends oil exploration and providing drilling licenses afraid to be a slippery slope.

“All the evidence will be approved for this license soon,” he said, referring to the project planned near the tea’s mouth.

“The problem is that if this license is approved – let’s say that it will be very difficult for Ibaman to give up future licenses in Fozonas, which is now in the Auction.

Oliveira, who led the legal struggle for intelligence licenses, reflected this feeling. He said he needs to stop before the drilling work.

“If the global warming is 1.5 degrees (Celsius), we do not already have a new oil well,” he said.