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Brazil's Petrobras announces gas find off Colombian coast
2014-12-03 11:18:19| Jewelry - Topix.net
Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Tuesday it had found natural gas in an exploratory well off the Colombian coast, the first deep-water discovery in Colombia's Caribbean waters. Petrobras is the operator of the Bloco Tayrona area, with a 40 percent stake.
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Deforestation drops 18% in Brazil's Amazon
2014-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest dropped 18% over the past 12 months, falling to the second-lowest level in a quarter century, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday. Izabella Teixeira told participants at a news conference that 4 848 square kilometres of rain forest were destroyed between August 2013 and July 2014. That's a bit larger than the US state of Rhode Island. The figures were down from 5 891 square kilometres razed during the same period a year earlier, in the wake...
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Deforestation dropped 18% in Brazil's Amazon over past 12 months
2014-11-26 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Deforestation in the Amazon rain forest dropped 18% over the past 12 months, falling to the second-lowest level in a quarter century, Brazils environment minister said on Wednesday. Izabella Teixeira told participants at a news conference that 4,848 square kilometers (1,870 square miles) of rain forest were destroyed between August 2013 and July 2014. Thats a bit larger than the US state of Rhode Island. The figures were down from 5,891 square kilometers (2,275 square miles) razed during...
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TI sells Brazils towers, seeks tie ups with Oi, Metroweb
2014-11-24 08:34:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Telecom Italia has announced the sale of its Brazilian mobile phone towers for BRL 3 billion (around EUR 900 million) and confirmed that its management has been empowered to seek a possible tie up between its Brazilian unit TIM Brasil and rival operator Oi. In a statement issued after a board meeting held on 21 November, Telecom Italia said it approved the sale of 6,481 telecommunication towers in Brazil to American Tower Corp for approximately EUR 900 million, close to its target figure. At the same time, Telecom Italia announced it had mandated its management to "examine in-depth the options for a possible integration" of Tim Brasil and Oi. Without going into any details, the company simply confirmed that "the next steps, if there are to be any, will be submitted to the board for approval." In addition, Telecom Italia said that a proposal had been sent to Italian infrastructure fund F2i asking to start discussions about the acquisition of a controlling stake in Italian broadband provider Metroweb "as soon as possible". F2i currently owns a 54 percent stake in Metroweb's holding company Metroweb Italia. In its statement, Telecom Italia said it had identified Metroweb as the partner with which it could quickly create a plan to increase investment in fibre optic networks throughout Italy.
Rising deforestation, fossil fuels drive Brazil's emissions 8% higher
2014-11-24 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Brazil's carbon dioxide emissions jumped 7.8 percent in 2013 due to rising deforestation and fossil fuels use, according to data released by Observatório do Clima (Climate Observatory), an alliance of Brazilian and international non-profits. The increase was the first since 2008. Deforestation and forest degradation emissions rose 16 percent, while energy emissions increased 7 percent. Total emissions in 2013 amounted to 1.56 billion tons of CO2e, which is well off the all-time high of 2.86...
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