BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Environment Ministry has fired two senior climate officials, leaving the posts vacant at a time when the country is under growing scrutiny for the greenhouse gases released by clearing the Amazon rainforest.
The dismissal of the ministry's director in charge of climate change and his deputy were announced in the official government gazette on Wednesday.
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