Environmentalists are very worried about Brazil's new government

[Judi Lynn]

Environmentalists are very worried about Brazil's new government

GlobalPost
May 23, 2016 · 6:00 PM EDT

By Will Carless (follow)

For some environmentalists, it’s a fitting name. They are genuinely fearful that the interim leadership will plow down years of modest environmental protection gains.

That’s despite appointing a Green Party member, José Sarney Filho, as environment minister on an all-male cabinet.

Sarney Filho did not respond to calls for comment.

But several leading environmentalists and analysts in Brazil and abroad say they’re worried about a new direction.

The country’s record is far from spotless, but it did set ambitious climate goals and (at times) protected the Amazon under the now suspended President Dilma Rousseff. With her facing impeachment, and a self-described pro-business administration taking over, there’s concern about what’s to come.

More:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-05-23/environmentalists-are-very-worried-about-brazils-new-government

[Nihil]

1. There's more than a little bit of concern about what will happen in the US too ...

... considering that the two front-runners are both virulently pro-corporation, pro-Wall Street
and anti-regulation ...

Still, all fingers are crossed for a moment of sanity taking place.