Brazil still has tools to meet sustainability plan, says minister, amid legal changes

Brazil's Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Friday the government still has the instruments to maintain its sustainability agenda, even as Congress moves to weaken key ministries' environmental powers.

His remarks come after a congressional committee passed a bill gutting environmental oversight powers from ministries such as the environmental and indigenous affairs.

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