ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, June 5 (UPI) --Brazil's environmental authority has approved one of the final requirements for state-run oil company Petrobras to proceed with oil exploration at the mouth of the ...

Environmental groups and experts have warned about the risks oil drilling poses to the mouth of the Amazon River, an ecologically rich region and home to coral reefs, mangroves and endangered species.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has backed more oil exploration despite his country hosting crucial climate ...