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"Brazil generates 88% of power from renewables in 2024"
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Brazil generates 88% of power from renewables in 2024
Brazil’s electricity mix was 88% renewable in 2024, with wind and solar supplying about 24% of total demand, according to new data from state-owned energy agency Empresa de Pesquisa Energetica (EPE).

Fishermen in Maceió, Brazil, found to have higher-than-average mercury levels #Brazil …

Fishermen in Maceió, Brazil, found to have higher-than-average mercury levels
Researchers from the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL) and the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil have found high levels of mercury in the blood and urine of people living on the shores of the Mundaú Lagoon in Maceió, the capital of the Brazilian state of Alagoas. These levels are higher than those found in other populations within the same municipality that have a similar socioeconomic level but live far from the lagoon.

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor #Brazil

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires: monitor
Historic forest fires in Brazil last year scorched through an area larger than the size of Italy, recording a burned area some 60% higher than average of the last four decades, said a report released Tuesday.

"Wreckers, money woes and mutirão: 10 things we learned about Cop30 from Bonn climate talks
Fiona Harvey - in Bonn"
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"Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling"
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Scientists’ Letter Urges Brazil’s President Lula to Reject New Amazon and Offshore Drilling - Inside Climate News
The urgent message was delivered to Brazilian officials during annual U.N. climate talks in Bonn, Germany, and includes new warnings about an Amazon rainforest tipping point.

Brazil & China megarailway raises deforestation warnings in the Amazon https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/brazil-china-megarailway-raises-deforestation-warnings-in-the-amazon/

Brazil & China megarailway raises deforestation warnings in the Amazon
From Lucas do Rio Verde, a major agricultural hub in the state of Mato Grosso, the railway would be built from scratch, advancing into the Amazon’s Arc of Deforestation.

"Ahead of hosting COP30, Brazil is set to weaken environmental licensing"
#Brazil #COP30 #Environment #Climate

Ahead of hosting COP30, Brazil is set to weaken environmental licensing
The new rules, considered unconstitutional by experts, would benefit around 80% of the ventures with a self-licensing process that exempts environmental impact studies and mitigation measures.

As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC #Brazil

As UN climate talks loom, Brazil's Amazon forest loses in May an area larger than NYC
Brazil's environmental goals suffered a major setback in May as deforestation in the Amazon surged 92% compared to the same month last year, according to official monitoring data released Friday.

Watch the 'We Are Guardians' film #Brazil #Amazon

We Are Guardians | Film
We Are Guardians follows the indigenous forest guardians of the Amazon as they fend off loggers. A global story erupts entwining science, politics & the fate of the Amazon.

"Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30"
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"Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort"
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Jaguar recovery unites Brazil and Argentina in conservation effort
The dark rosettes dotting the golden-brown fur of the jaguar are no longer a rare sight in Brazil’s Iguaçu National Park. In 2010, the protected area’s population of jaguars (Panthera onca) was on the brink of local extinction. Now, thanks to persistent conservation efforts led by Yara Barros, a biologist and executive coordinator of the […]

"New environmental licensing will build a power plant in the Cerrado and demolish a school|
#Brazil #Cerrado #Energy #Education

New environmental licensing will build a power plant in the Cerrado and demolish a school
The most deforested biome in Brazil, the Cerrado lost 700,000 hectares (1.7 million acres) of native vegetation in 2024. Now, it is about to receive a thermoelectric plant 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the National Congress, in Brasília, the country’s capital. The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), responsible for federal environmental […]

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