Brazil’s climate credentials tested by search for oil off Amazon coast

Oiapoque, Brazil on the shores of the Oiapoque River.

In Oiapoque, Brazil, hopes that oil will transform the economy hangs in air, after the government granted state-owned company Petrobras an exploratory license off the remote Amazonian city’s coast. At the same time, on the same coast, Brazilian president is hosting the world’s annual climate talks.

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