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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Vale building wind farms?

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I'm honestly intrigued. The Brazilian mining giant is teaming up with Australia's Pacific Hydro to build two wind farms with 140 MW...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Rio+20 and the struggle with hot air

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I've been in dozens of meetings where a Fearless Leader (TM) stands up and says "We must do this." Which is followed by a Gree...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

No styrafoam for Guyana?

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The government of Donald Ramotar is considering restrictions in importing products that are packaged with styrofoam . Somehow, I think Guya...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Google helps Amazon tribe get into carbon markets

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Android to the Amazon's rescue.  Smart phones running Google's operation system together with Google Earth satellite technology...

PDVSA tries something mildly intelligent

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Much as I love to take the piss out of PDVSA, they've got an interesting biofuels experiment I thought worth mentioning. 

Can Brazil’s plastic bag bans give a lift to Amazon jute growers?

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For decades it was the main fiber used in making shopping bags and coffee sacks – jute, also known as burlap, a plant grown in various loca...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Rio+20 paints a target on its back

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It’s always easy to take the piss out of climate conferences. Thousands of activists and diplomats flying across the planet to sign a milq...
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I’m an American living in Brazil. I have a genuine interest in the environment, sustainability. I do not list my name because it would conflict with my work.
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