Brazil straddles oil riches, climate threats as COP30 opens in Amazon
by from CBC | World News on (#71BV9)
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.