Lula signs to contradict Marina on oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon: ‘It’s hard not to be able to do it’

Lula signs to contradict Marina on oil exploration at the mouth of the Amazon: ‘It’s hard not to be able to do it’


President issued statement in Japan as environment minister wrestles with head of mines and energy over Petrobras project

HIROSHIMA – The President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva he signaled, this Sunday 21, during a trip to Japan, that he could contradict the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silvaand take sides in favor of the government wing that supports the authorization of oil exploration in the mouth of the Amazon River. “I find it hard to have trouble exploring for oil 500 kilometers from the Amazon,” Lula said.

Even so, Lula said exploration would be vetoed if real risks are identified. “If the extraction of oil at the mouth of the river on the high seas is a problem, it will certainly not be exploited,” she said.

OR Stadium revealed that the exploration process by the Petrobras at the mouth of the Amazon, he placed the ministers of the Lula government on opposite sides. On the one hand, Marina even compared the episode to the controversial construction of the Belo Monte plant, in Altamira (PA). On the other hand, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexander Silveiraand the president of the state-owned company, Jean Paul Patres, are pressing for the release of the exploration.

On Monday 15, Silveira defended the project and stated that the pretext of a “pseudo-risk” cannot prevent prospecting in order to have “scientific knowledge of natural potential and riches”. “What is being discussed at the moment is not the exploration of the various wells in that region. We are discussing the authorization to search for a reserve on the equatorial margin. Whether or not to explore these potentials is a decision to be made in another moment by the Brazilian government,” he said.

the president of Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA), Rodrigo Augustine, however, has decided to block Petrobras’ request. The state company was surprised by the decision and has assured that it will appeal.

Agostinho’s decision followed the technical area of ​​the organ and, therefore, gave Marina the victory so far. Ibama also highlighted that there were “subsequently identified inconsistencies” and “notorious socio-environmental sensitivity of the area of ​​influence and of the area subject to risk”, highlighting the need for “wider and more in-depth assessments”.

Source: Terra

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