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Regarding the importance of teachers\u2019 role in education, as agents of change, it was considered pertinent to investigate the perceptions of Portuguese Biology and Geology teachers about environmental problems and their position concerning an environmental ethical dilemma. A questionnaire was applied at a national level, with closed and open-ended questions. The main results show that: teachers consider all the environmental problems presented to be very relevant; statistically significant relationships were found between age and professional qualifications and the relevance attributed to some environmental problems, showing that age and studies influence their perception of environmental problems; when confronted with lithium mining dilemma, just over half said that this activity has negative impacts on the environment, while the remaining were divided between indecision and a position that tends to be favourable to economic and tourism factors. 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