#Latest news with #environmentalagencyReuters19-05-2025BusinessReutersBrazil's agency approves Petrobras' fauna rescue plan as part of Amazon mouth requestRIO DE JANEIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said on Monday it approved state-run oil firm Petrobras' ( opens new tab concept of an emergency plan to assist local fauna in case of an oil spill in the Foz do Amazonas basin. Ibama said the approval is one of the steps needed by the company to gain a final green light to drill in the environmentally sensitive region, adding it will now hold tests and simulations to verify Petrobras' plan effectiveness.
Reuters19-05-2025BusinessReutersBrazil's agency approves Petrobras' fauna rescue plan as part of Amazon mouth requestRIO DE JANEIRO, May 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian environmental agency Ibama said on Monday it approved state-run oil firm Petrobras' ( opens new tab concept of an emergency plan to assist local fauna in case of an oil spill in the Foz do Amazonas basin. Ibama said the approval is one of the steps needed by the company to gain a final green light to drill in the environmentally sensitive region, adding it will now hold tests and simulations to verify Petrobras' plan effectiveness.