[Opinion] More than 40 Brazilian legislators ask President Lula to suspend oil exploitation in the Amazon mouth basin

A large group of Brazilian parliamentarians sent a letter to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva calling for the suspension of oil exploitation in the region known as Desembocadura del Amazonas, supporting the negative opinion of the IBAMA and warning about the environmental and social impacts of that activity. Lawmakers emphasize that the expansion of oil in the Amazon is incompatible with the current climate crisis. They also offer to collabor…