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Climate Action Tracker

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 21:23:54 +0000

Brazil Assessment Brazil's climate target is rated Sufficient. Brazil is one of the few major developing countries that has set an emission target. It provides very ambitious goals for reducing emissions from deforestation, the main source of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil. In addition, ...

Switchboard, from NRDC found this 13 hours ago on climateactiontracker.org

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Copenhagen conference: India, China plan joint exit

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000

BEIJING: In an unprecedented move, India on Saturday joined China and two other developing countries to prepare for a major offensive on rich nations at the Copenhagen conference on climate change next month. The four countries, which include Brazil and South Africa, agreed to a strategy that ...

Ramsay Home found this 5 days ago on timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Tata says plans Nano hybrid cars

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:58:54 +0000

SEOUL (Reuters) Tata Group is planning to produce hybrid versions of its Nano, billed as the world's cheapest car, to join in the environment-friendly trend, its chairman said in an interview with a South Korean newspaper. The Maeil Business Newspaper on Monday quoted Ratan Tata , chairman of ...

The Oil Drum found this 3 days ago on news.yahoo.com

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Before the Climate Conference, a Weather Report

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:55:12 +0000

President Obama and other world leaders will gather in Copenhagen next week to discuss climate change. Though this is a global issue, it's also a profoundly local one. For this reason, the Op-Ed editors asked writers from four different continents to report on the climate changes they've ...

Climate Progress found this 3 days ago on nytimes.com

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Brazil: Development Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:42:50 +0000

Inter Press Service: Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting ...

Ramsay Home found this 6 days ago on ipsnews.net

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Brazil: 'Gringos' must pay to stop Amazon razing

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:07:06 +0000

Associated Press: Brazil's president said Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world's largest tropical ...

The Oil Drum found this 6 days ago on news.yahoo.com

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a post-holiday doggie bag of green news

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:16:08 +0000

Hey all you boneheads at Fox News, this is actual science…Oceans Absorbing Carbon Dioxide More Slowly, Scientists Find – sciencedaily Excuse me. Who’s wielding those chainsaws? Brazil: ‘Gringos’ Must Pay to Save Amazon – msnbc Another ‘not in my ...

carlosescobar posted 6 days ago from alternativeconsumer.com

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The Penguins of Brazil

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:55:12 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO I had set my umbrella and chair near the water in the early hours of what would soon become a perfect summer day. Like most people, I prefer the beach when it is deserted, and I had the place all to myself, no vendors to be seen, parading their sunglasses and suntan oils; no ...

Climate Progress found this 3 days ago on nytimes.com

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Prince Charles announces funding scheme to protect rainforests

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:58:37 +0000

A global emergency funding scheme to drastically reduce the destruction of tropical rainforests over the next five years was announced by the Prince of Wales today, with the US pledging $275m (£165m) towards rainforest protection. The plan relies on developed countries paying rainforest ...

Yale Environment 360 found this 13 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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Deforestation emissions should be shared between producer and consumer, argues study

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:22:00 +0000

Under the Kyoto Protocol the nation that produces carbon emission takes responsibility for them, but what about when the country is producing carbon-intensive goods for consumer demand beyond its borders? For example while China is now the world's highest carbon emitter, 50 percent of its ...

Conservation Value Notes found this 11 days ago on news.mongabay.com

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Sugar Cane Waste as Pellet Fuel

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:58:00 +0000

A start-up in São Paulo aims to turn the waste from Brazilian sugar cane production into pellets that can be burned in coal plants.

TreeHugger found this 10 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Reducing Deforestation (and CO2) in Brazil

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Brazil has been working to discourage the sale of commodities like beef, soybeans and sugar from ranches and farms built on deforested land.

Ecoearth.info Blog found this 13 days ago on greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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