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Brazil's hydroelectric dam boom is bringing tensions as well as energy
2013-02-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it is completed in 2015, the Jirau hydroelectric dam will span 8km across the Madeira river and feature more giant turbines than any other dam in the world. Then there are the power lines, draped along 2,250km of forests and fields to carry electricity to Brazil's urban nerve centre, So Paulo. Still, it won't be enough. The dam and the Santo Antonio complex that is being built a few kilometres downstream will provide just 5% of what government energy planners say the country will need in...
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Roof revolution seen boosting Brazil\'s rainy sugar port
2013-02-07 06:35:31| Sugar Industry News
DUBAI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - A roof being built over a sugar terminal at Santos in Brazil is likely to be widely copied and transform the giant port\'s productivity by allowing loading on the 100 days a year when rain threatens cargoes, a Brazilian shipping agent said.
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Brazil's TIM says CEO Andrea Mangoni to step down
2013-02-06 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Brazilian mobile operator says it will appoint a new leader as soon as possible.
Brazil's JBS completes acquisition of beef processor Independencia
2013-02-04 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Brazilian meat producer JBS has completed the acquisition of local beef processor Independencia for BRL268m ($142.8m).
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Prosecutors take issue with Brazil's new forestry code
2013-01-26 04:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Brazil's new forestry code -- approved last year at the urging of the powerful agrobusiness sector -- faced a constitutional challenge Tuesday from federal prosecutors afraid it threatens the Amazon rainforest. The prosecutors filed three actions against the legislation before the Supreme Court, demanding it be partially suspended on grounds it "reduces and abolishes areas previously viewed as protected," a statement from their office said. They also challenged the amnesty granted to those...
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