Ricardo Galvão
@ricardogalvaosp · South America
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The Chamber of Deputies’ approval of Bill PL 3904/2023 is an important step toward strengthening agroecology and organic production in Brazil. Valuing those who produce healthy food, protecting the environment, and expanding food security must go hand in hand. Now, the Senate needs to move this agenda forward.
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseBrazil's rare earths and critical minerals cannot serve merely to enrich other countries. In the Chamber of Deputies, I denounced the agreement signed between the state of Goiás and the United States. I consider this initiative an affront to the Federal Constitution and a threat to Brazil's ability to sovereignly direct its own development. We cannot accept a model in which Brazilian ore leaves in its raw state while technology, industry and skilled jobs are developed abroad. Brazil has internationally recognized scientists, universities and research institutions — including in the state of Goiás itself. Ignoring this capacity is to disregard national science and technology. Our mineral wealth must be transformed into knowledge, innovation, jobs and development within our country. Sovereignty is not merely possessing natural resources: it is mastering the technologies capable of transforming them. That is why I demanded that the National Congress not merely protest this agreement, but take the necessary measures to render it null and void. Defending our rare earths means defending Brazil's sovereignty, science and future. On October 4, vote for Ricardo Galvão for federal deputy: 4077. #RicardoGalvão #TerrasRaras #MineraisCríticos #SoberaniaNacional #CiênciaBrasileira #Tecnologia #CongressoNacional
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseDenying global warming does not change reality. It only leaves Brazil less prepared to face it. When members of the Bolsonaro family repeat claims contrary to science, they ignore decades of research and evidence produced by scientists around the world. The planet's average temperature is not determined by the feeling of a colder or warmer day. It is calculated from data collected over decades—and those data show that Earth is warming. The consequences could be terrible: extreme weather events, losses to agriculture, environmental destruction, and ever-greater risks for future generations. As a scientist and grandfather, I worry about the country and the planet we will leave to our children and grandchildren. The National Congress cannot continue to be a stage for denialism. Brazil needs representatives who respect the evidence and turn scientific knowledge into public policies. On October 4, vote for science, the environment, and the future. Vote Ricardo Galvão, 4077.
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseIn August 2019, then-minister Ricardo Salles published a news item saying that the INPE data were all wrong — and therefore the government would buy results from a company abroad. I want to make clear why I was firm at that moment: I was not disrespectful. The disrespectful one was the president of the Republic toward Brazilian science. He stated categorically that the INPE data were false — and, by doing so, accused all the institution’s scientists, including Carlos Nobre and Antônio Divino Moura, of having committed ideological falsity. This is unacceptable. The president is a political authority. But to discredit the work of serious scientists, he has no moral authority. Defending the INPE data at that moment meant defending the truth, science, and Brazil. For the future of São Paulo, for our sovereignty, and together with President Lula: Vote and confirm 4077, Ricardo Galvão!
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseNote: Serra Verde is the only large-scale rare earths mining company.
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseI am following with concern the news about an attempt by a U.S. company to acquire Mineração Serra Verde. I support the @LulaOficial government's initiative to prevent this sale. Rare earths are strategic for the energy transition, defense systems, the high-tech industry, and national sovereignty. In addition, the country has already accumulated extensive knowledge in this area since the beginning of the 1950s, including processing initiatives to obtain high-purity oxides, for example, at CETEM, and to reach final products, such as the MAGBRAS project. Therefore, there is no justification for selling the only rare-earth mining company in the Americas to a foreign company. It is essential to develop all the necessary capacity in the country, from ore to the final product, as we did with uranium. Therefore, it is urgent that @SenadoFederal approve the regulatory framework for strategic minerals, which has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies.
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseI received with concern the information that @AgenciaFAPESP abolished BEPE for undergraduate research and master's students and reduced the overseas placement for doctoral students from 12 to 6 months. It is a measure that limits the training of young researchers and weakens the international integration of science in São Paulo. We need to act at the state level and collectively: mobilize universities, institutes, scientific organizations and student representatives to demand a review of this decision. São Paulo's science cannot move backward.
Translated from Brazilian PortugueseI have just learned about the assault suffered by @MarinaSilva today. My solidarity goes out to her in the face of this unacceptable act. Unfortunately, cowards continue to use violence to attack rational and progressive ideas that bother them. But Marina's spirit is made of steel, strong-tempered, and they will never subjugate her.
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