Brazil’s oil firm Petrobras aims for largest share issue in history
The $64bn offering well surpasses the $36bn raised by Japanese telecoms firm NTT in 1987
Categories: Business in Brazil Tags: Article, Brazil, Business, Elena Moya, Energy, Energy industry, News, Oil, Oil and gas companies, Rights issues, Stock markets
New gas pipeline prompts fears for Amazon rainforest
The pipe will deliver cheaper, cleaner energy to Manaus but environmentalists fear it will lead to rainforest exploitation
Categories: Amazon, News about Brazil Tags: Article, Brazil, Damian Carrington, Endangered habitats, Energy, Environment, Forests, Gas, News, Oil, World news
Can Brazil become the world’s first environmental superpower?
Brazil would not be the first nation to become rich from its resources - but its challenge is to compete economically without destroying its environment
Categories: Brazil Tags: Analysis, Article, Brazil, Damian Carrington, Energy, Environment, Forests, World news
UK backing loans for ‘risky’ offshore oil drilling in Brazil
Documents show the UK government ignored risks in subsidising oil extraction from nearly 2,000m deep in Atlantic waters
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