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NSS-806 satellite at 48°E wins regulatory approval in Brazil
2014-11-06 19:00:31| Digital TV News
SES (Paris;LuxX:SESG) has announced that ANATEL, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency, has approved the NSS-806 satellite for use at the 48 degree West orbital position recently awarded at auction to SES.
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Brazil Fights Dengue With Modified Mosquitoes
2014-11-06 00:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: With Jack o' Lanterns rotting on our doorsteps and a crisp chill in the air, the last thing you may be worried about is a mosquito bite. However, these pests are still a very real concern some parts of the world. Experts in Brazil have been releasing modified mosquitoes in the thousands for the last few months in a unique effort to fight the spread of a painful disease known as Dengue fever. The fever is rarely fatal, with only about one percent of all infections resulting in severe hemorrhagic...
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Petrobras expects permit for new Brazil refinery by mid-November
2014-11-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA expects to receive a permit to start operations at its RNEST or "Abreu e Lima" refinery in the country's northeast by mid-November, the firm said in a response to questions from Reuters. Once that permit is issued, Petrobras, as the company is known, will be able to start commercial operations at the refinery, the statement said. The refinery is designed to process 230,000 barrels of crude oil a day but is not expected to reach that level until...
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Enel Green Power wins contracts to supply 344MW of wind and solar power in Brazil
2014-11-05 01:00:00| Power Technology
Italian renewable energy firm Enel Green Power has secured the right to sign 20-year contracts to supply 344MW of wind and solar power in Brazil.
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Brazil scientist blames logging for extreme drought
2014-11-04 19:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Increased logging and burning in the Amazon rainforest will worsen already disastrous droughts, a leading Brazilian scientist warned in a new report on climate change. Trees in the Amazon rainforest emit into the atmosphere the equivalent of 20 billion tons of water daily, Antonio Donato Nobre, a researcher at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research, told AFP in an interview Monday. They do this, in part, through "aerial rivers and vaporclouds" that form over the forest and bring rain...
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