Amazon River Mouth: Why Oil Drilling Threatens All

The battle for the Amazon’s future is playing out at its mouth. This vital ecosystem—home to Indigenous and Quilombola communities, a massive coral reef, and unique mangroves—is the target of Brazil’s state-owned oil company, Petrobras. The pursuit of a new multi-billion-barrel oil frontier clashes directly with the health of the world’s most critical river, testing Brazil’s climate promises and risking catastrophic, widespread environmental destruction.