BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva fought back tears as global diplomats applauded her for several minutes on Saturday in the closing plenary of the COP30 global ...

As in the United States, Brazil's public life has become deeply polarized along political and religious divides, with many evangelical Christians aligning with conservatives opposing progressive ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends an event at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July ...

(Adds reaction, background) By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, May 13 (Reuters) - Brazil's environment minister, hailed as a champion of the green movement but scorned by powerful farming groups, resigned on ...

Fending off accusations of using his post to dismantle protections of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's environment minister promised Wednesday in an interview to deliver results on slowing ...

Deforestation, rather than the burning of fossil fuels, is the main reason Brazil is the world's sixth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases.The Brazilian government said on Thursday that deforestation ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country's lower house Thursday, drawing criticism by the environmental minister who floated the possibility of ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian government and the sugar cane-based ethanol industry are hoping to head off complaints about harmful environmental and labor practices by investing in socially ...

SAO PAULO — Brazil’s president vetoed Friday parts of a congressional bill that sought to overhaul the country’s environmental licensing rules — legislation pushed by the right-wing opposition but ...

(RNS) — Attacks from the religious right on Marina Silva, a Pentecostal and longtime environmentalist, expose the rifts within Brazil’s evangelical movement as the Amazon’s future hangs in the balance ...