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Brazil greenhouse gas emissions down 4.9 pct in 2012 -report
2013-11-08 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) fell 4.9 percent in 2012 as declining deforestation rates and a drought-induced drop in cattle herds outweighed increased emissions from the energy sector, an independent study showed on Thursday. The nation's output of heat-trapping gases, which are blamed for climate change, hit 1.484 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) last year, according to Climate Observatory, a network of nongovernmental organizations that includes World Wildlife Fund,...
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