Deputies approved a bill on Tuesday to streamline environmental licensing procedures for the paving of BR-319, a crucial Amazon highway connecting Manaus (AM) to Porto Velho (RO). The vote, with 311 in favor and 103 against, faced opposition mainly from parties critical of the project, such as PT, PCdoB, PV, PSOL, and Rede. The controversial BR-319 paving project, ongoing for decades and included... 

The advertising clearance body responsible for screening broadcast adverts, Clearcast, has banned the ad, made with Greenpeace and featuring an animated Orangutang which highlights the destruction of the rainforest by palm oil growers, saying that it breaks rules banning political advertising laid down by the 2003 Communications Act. Iceland was the first major UK supermarket to announce they are...