Tag: Bolsonaro environment

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 06:44 UTC

  American Museum of Natural History will not host a dinner to honor Bolsonaro

  

  The American Museum of Natural History in New York said on Monday that it will not host a planned gala dinner that was set to honor Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro as “Person of the Year.”

• Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  NY Museum of Natural History embarrassed over a booking to honor Brazilian president Bolsonaro

  

  New York’s Museum of Natural History said it was “considering its options” after discovering a private function booked to take place there would honour Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro prepares to open Amazon reserve to mining: pledges no bureaucratic impediments

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following an international environmental outcry.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 06:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro advances on the Amazon: head of environmental protection agency resigns

  

  The head of Brazil's environmental protection agency has resigned following criticism from the country's newly inaugurated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns environmental monitoring agencies: “the party is over”

  

  Brazil's incoming far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took a swipe at the government's environmental monitoring agencies, warning he would not allow them to impose “fines all over the place.”