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Braskem backs out of multi-billion dollar Comperj project in Brazil
2015-02-18 00:29:40| Chemicals - Topix.net
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Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil Largest City
2015-02-16 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Endowed with the Amazon and other mighty rivers, an array of huge dams and one-eighth of the worlds fresh water, Brazil is sometimes called the Saudi Arabia of water, so rich in the coveted resource that some liken it to living above a sea of oil. But in Brazils largest and wealthiest city, a more dystopian situation is unfolding: the taps are starting to run dry. As southeast Brazil grapples with its worst drought in nearly a century, a problem worsened by polluted rivers, deforestation and...
Brazil Amazon: Drone to scan for ancient Amazonia
2015-02-14 04:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Scientists are to scan the Amazon forest in Brazil to look for evidence of occupation by ancient civilisations. A drone will be sent up with a laser instrument to peer through the canopy for earthworks that were constructed thousands of years ago. The UK-led project is trying to determine how big these communities were, and to what degree they altered the landscape. The data is likely to inform policies on sustainable forest use today. Researchers announced the initiative at the annual...
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Sao Paulo water crisis adds to Brazil business woes
2015-02-12 03:15:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Sao Paulo's water crisis hobbles Brazilian business
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Sao Paulo water crisis adds to Brazil business woes
2015-02-12 03:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Renato Soares has seen all sorts of problems in the 33 years he has been running a small laundry in a middle-class neighbourhood in Sao Paulo. But with Brazil's biggest city facing potential water rationing, he thinks his biggest headache may be about to arrive. "We have survived recession, hyperinflation, arbitrary changes in legislation and a complex bureaucracy and tax system," Mr Soares says. "We were also robbed twice. So at this point I didn't think a day would come in which I would...
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