But seriously some of the best environmental ministers have come from the right not the left. (globaleducationmagazine.com)
There seemed to be a hopeful change during the Lula Administration (2003 - 2011) as Environmental Minister Marina Silva and her colleagues put in place a new policy architecture of protected areas and sustainable development, and her successor Carlos Minc instituted a «shock - and - awe» campaign of aggressive enforcement of the Forest Code which resulted, along with mega-economic trends such as the 2008 crash, in dramatically reduced rates of new deforestation. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Last Friday, the Obama administration ended another round of the Major Economies Forum with environmental ministers from 17 countries that have the world's largest volume of greenhouse gas emissions. (scientificamerican.com)