Tag: pollution

“Fantastic!” Finally Someone Bullish About Rio: the Olympics Chief

The head of the International Olympic Committee played down problems with unfinished accommodation in ...

Brazilian Amazon Suffers Worst Drought in 100 Years

In Brazil, a long-lasting drought that affected the Amazon Rain Forest last year was ...

Trucking Revolution: Taking the Green Road in Brazil

Inside the Mercedes-Benz factory, in São Bernardo do Campo, in the Greater São Paulo, ...

Trash, one of the worse pollutants in Brazil

Forget Bush! Brazil Should Wholeheartedly Embrace Kyoto

"The USA didn’t sign so we shouldn’t do anything." This is the response that ...

Niterí³i, Brazil, Suffers Its Worst Ecological Disaster Ever

Brazil’s Federal Police began an investigation of a spill involving over two thousand liters ...

Brazil’s Emissions Market Is Open for Business

Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade (MDIC) and the Commodities and Futures ...

Kyoto Starts. Brazil Gives Example.

One of the internationally agreed mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions was set into ...

Brazil: World Forum Discusses Water Use and Misuse

On Friday, November 5, the Rio Grande [do Sul] Press Association (ARI) launched the ...

In Brazil Air Gets Better, But Forest Fires Grow Worse

Brazil’s IBGE (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e EstatÀ­stica – Brazilian Institute of Geography and ...