Bill Threatens the Basis of Environmental Licensing

“This is the biggest setback in environmental legislation in the last 40 years, since the Constitution.” This is the speech by the former president of IBAMA, Suely Araújo, about Bill 2,159/2021, under analysis in the Senate, which aims to make environmental licensing more flexible in the country. The initiative favors the installation, expansion and operation of enterprises and activities that use environmental resources considered potentially p…