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Sulzer to deliver 42 pumps for FPSO pair in Brazil
2013-08-21 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Switzerland-based industrial engineering and manufacturing company Sulzer has won a contract from Lindel, an affiliate of Keppel FELS Brasil, to deliver 42 pumps to be equipped on a pair of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, P
With deforestation rising, Brazil sends more police to the Amazon
2013-08-20 00:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: With deforestation pacing more than 90 percent ahead of last year's rate according to an estimate released today, Brazil said it has increased the number of environmental inspectors in the Amazon rainforest. Speaking at a seminar last week, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said the federal government has sent a record number of inspectors into the Amazon region as part of an effort to combat surging deforestation. Authorities are working with the national police, intelligence agencies, the...
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Brazil sends more inspectors to Amazon rainforest
2013-08-15 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Brazil's environment minister says the government has increased the number of its inspectors in the Amazon rainforest to help halt a rise in illegal deforestation. Izabella Teixeira said Thursday at a deforestation seminar that the number of government inspectors in the region was upped to combat a new tactic by loggers, who are stripping smaller areas that are more difficult to detect by satellite. She didn't say how many inspectors have been deployed since the beginning of the year. Teixeira...
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Brazil backs oil royalties bill
2013-08-15 08:16:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Brazil's Congress passes a bill designating all royalties from newly discovered oilfields to education and healthcare.
GranBio and Rhodia Partner to Build World\'s First Biomass-based n-Butanol Plant in Brazil
2013-08-15 07:00:00| Coatings World Breaking News
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