Ahead of UN climate talks, Brazil fast-tracks oil and highway projects that threaten the Amazon
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FILE - A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas state, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a decree-signing ceremony marking Environment Day at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)FILE - Capuava oil refinery owned by Petrobras sits in Maui, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)FILE - A boy kicks a soccer ball near signage for the COP30 U.N. Climate Conference in Belem, Brazil, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)FILE - People look out at the coast of Belem, Brazil, as a boat nears shore, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, File)
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FILE - A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas state, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)
