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Brazil has battled for decades to halt Amazon's destruction
2015-11-05 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In December this year the U.N. Climate Conference takes place in Paris. Ahead of the summit, we will release a series of stories, titled "Earthprints," that show the ability of humans to change the landscape of the planet. From sprawling urban growth to the construction of new islands, each site has profoundly changed in the last 30 years. Each story has accompanying NASA satellite images that show the scale of the change. In international talks over global climate policy, Brazil's government...
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OECD warns Brazil on environment, economy risks
2015-11-04 19:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Brazil is destroying an area of rainforest the size of Israel every four years despite major conservation progress, the OECD economic grouping said Wednesday. Biologically diverse Brazil will be a key player among the 195 countries at the UN climate conference in Paris in December, which will look to reach a global agreement on limiting climate change. In its first environmental survey of the country, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that Brazil must take further...
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Brazil Chemical Facility To Be First To Use Honeywell's State-Of-The-Art Process Controls
2015-11-02 06:46:44| chemicalonline Home Page
Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) recently announced that a large chemical facility in Brazil will be the first in the world to use Honeywell’s state-of-the-art Experion Orion Console, which is designed with plant operating personnel in mind by providing a single visual workplace that allows for more effective responses and less operator fatigue
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Brazil, land of water, goes thirsty
2015-10-30 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The sign -- "risk of drowning" -- outside one of Rio de Janeiro's freshwater reservoirs looks like a joke: there's no water here left to drown in. Instead, the Saracuruna reservoir near Duque de Caxias, outside Rio, is an expanse of sand, mud and vegetation. Four stray dogs scamper and cattle come to drink from a stream still running through the middle. "It's been a long time since there was any water here," said a security guard walking up the dry bed to order AFP journalists away on Friday....
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Brazil Customs Strike Still Ongoing
2015-10-30 09:00:00| Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
Expeditors Newsflash - Americas Edition
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