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What do the Olympics mean for Rio's environment?
mnn.com - 30 days ago
What do the Olympics mean for Rio's environment?
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Naturally we in the Cidade Maravilhosa are delighted to have beaten out the Windy City and snatched the 2016 Olympics from under the nose of the not-quite-glamorous-enough first couple of the United States: even Obama can’t compete with Copacabana when it comes to wowing Olympic committees.

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What do the Olympics mean for Rio’s environment?
Ramsay Home — ... found the following on 2009-11-03 16:56:49: Mother Nature Network wrote... http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/u-x3wrhD22uvhM/6.jpg Mother Nature NetworkWhat do the Olympics mean for Rio's environment?Mother Nature NetworkThere will be big environmental benefits. The thing that first strikes visitors arriving at Rio's international airport, after the dilapidation of the ...and more Read the original article at, http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/travel/stories/what-do-the-olympics-mean-for-rios-environment Follow more real-time stories about environment at ...

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