Posted 4/6/2024, 10:00:00 AM
Brazil Environmental Agency Labor Dispute Threatens Lula's Growth Plans, Climate Commitments
- Labor dispute at Brazil's environmental agency delaying major projects like oil drilling, mining, and infrastructure
- Delays threaten Lula's goals of boosting growth and saving the Amazon
- 16,000 imported cars piled up at ports waiting for permits
- Environmental inspections and enforcement actions plunged since dispute began 4 months ago
- If unresolved, crisis could undermine Lula administration's domestic economic plans and global climate commitments
