Environment and renewable energy

I attended today the inauguration of CRVR's new landfill-biogas biomethane plant in São Leopoldo. A project that demonstrates in practice that it is possible to generate development, employment and income with environmental responsibility. Projects like this show that when the public sector establishes appropriate regulatory, environmental, and infrastructure conditions, the private sector has confidence and invests. And this is how the biomethane sector has been expanding in RS. In 2025 the first two biomethane plants in RS began operating, in Triunfo and Minas do Leão. Now, with the one in São Leopoldo, the state's production capacity increases by 36.4%. Energy transition is at the center of our development plan for the state, and these projects show that we are moving in the right direction.

Man, Hashirama from Naruto, because basically he can go around creating infinite forests across the world.

I bought them at the start of my government, I bought them.

And it's the most sustainable fuel produced in the world to date.

Our economy grows, the biofuel industry is strengthened, generating more jobs in Brazil.

The energy transition is one of the greatest opportunities for economic development in Rio Grande do Sul. We have the vocation, capacity and assets to lead this movement, turning our potential into more investment, jobs, income and competitiveness for the State. It was with this vision that we brought together specialists, companies, investors and representatives of the public sector at the Novas Energias event. We are building a solid agenda to propel strategic value chains such as ethanol, biomethane and green hydrogen, positioning Rio Grande do Sul among the main destinations for those who want to invest in the low-carbon economy. This is a priority of our government and one of the pillars of the State's Economic, Sustainable and Inclusive Development Plan. We will continue working to create an increasingly favorable environment for investments, with legal certainty, agility, environmental responsibility and long-term planning. The future of energy runs through Rio Grande do Sul.

I agree we shouldn't cut the trees down, but we don't get any incentive for preserving the forest.

At the same time that we had three record Plano Safra cycles, we also had record lows in environmental deforestation.