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Ecobreves – BRAZIL: São Paulo Solar Plant Will Supply Electricity to Public Grid

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The University of São Paulo will construct a photovoltaic power plant, in association with a local electric company, which will be the third solar power plant and the second to supply electricity to the public grid in Brazil.

Sustainable Fashion Born in Brazil’s Favelas

By Fabiana Frayssinet
A Brazilian designer has taken fashion from the exclusivity of the catwalk to the reality of the favela, to demonstrate that styles, trends and fads are also born in these poor neighborhoods of cities like Rio de Janeiro.

Tomorrow Is Too Late for Adaptation to Climate Change

By Patricia Grogg
You can still see broken plates, toys, books and some photographs among the rubble that was once the homes of Rey Antonio Acosta’s family and other families in Mar Verde, the beach community where Hurricane Sandy made landfall in this eastern Cuban city.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Waste Management Training for Market Vendors

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Young volunteers from the Vida Foundation of Honduras have launched a six-month campaign to raise awareness among street market vendors in Tegucigalpa of the importance of proper waste management and recycling.

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA : E-Waste Bill In Danger, Say Activists

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Argentine government is blocking final approval of a bill on electronic waste that was passed four years ago by the country’s senate, according to the Argentine branch of Greenpeace.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Energy and Waste Generate the Bulk of CO2 Emissions in São Paulo

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The energy and waste sectors were responsible for the emission of 16.43 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents in São Paulo last year, according to a study commissioned by the city’s department of the environment.

Nanotechnology Could Lighten Venezuela’s Oil Footprint

By Humberto Márquez
Venezuela is studying the use of nanotechnology as a means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the oil industry.
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Nanotechnology Could Lighten Venezuela’s Oil Footprint

By IPS Correspondent
Venezuela is studying the use of nanotechnology as a means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases caused by the oil industry. Nanotechnology operates at the sub-microscopic scale: a nanometre is a unit of measure equal to one billionth of a metre.

Bolivian Sugar Industry Recovers and Seeks Markets

By Franz Chávez
Bolivia’s sugar mills are once again operating at full capacity, with producers flooding the domestic market and desperate to obtain permits to export a surplus of 138,000 tons to Chile, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Brazil Joins Global Biodiversity Platform

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Brazil has become the latest country to join the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), dedicated to promoting free and open access to data on biological diversity.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Microfinance to Promote Clean Energy

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The Microfinance Network of Honduras (Redmicroh) is promoting small-scale clean energy projects through its 27 member organizations willing to finance family farmers interested in entering this field.

Ecobreves – CHILE: Courts Rule Against Oil Company in Pollution Case

By IPS Correspondents and - -
A Chilean court has ruled in favor of an appeal for legal protection filed by the community of Hualpén against Empresa Nacional del Petróleo, spurred by the foul odor produced by the oil company’s Biobío refinery in Concepción, 500 km south of Santiago.

Brazil Embarks on Cloning of Wild Animals

By Alice Marcondes
Brazilian scientists are attempting to clone animals in danger of extinction, like the jaguar and maned wolf, although the potential impact on the conservation of these threatened species is still not clear.

A Posthumous Message from Hurricane Sandy*

By Stephen Leahy
Hi, this is Sandy. By the time you read this, I’ll be gone, after dissipating into increasingly weaker remnants of strong winds, heavy rains and snowfall in the Great Lakes region of North America.**

Ecobreves – ARGENTINA : Social and Environmental Certification for Textiles

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Argentine government certification to promote better social and environmental conditions in the textile industry has been granted for the first time to a clothing company.

Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Agreement with EU to Protect Forests

By IPS Correspondents and - -
The government of Honduras and the European Union have signed an agreement aimed at improving forest governance by prohibiting the illegal harvesting and sale of timber and establishing effective forest protection standards.

Ecobreves – MEXICO: Studying the Effect of Pollen on Human Allergies

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Researchers in Mexico are studying the effect of pollen and spores on the incidence of human allergies in Mexico City.

Ecobreves – BRAZIL: Amazon Soy Moratorium Extended

By IPS Correspondents and - -
Private companies, civil society organizations and the Ministry of Environment of Brazil have agreed to extend the Soy Moratorium – an agreement prohibiting the planting of soybeans on newly deforested areas in the Amazon region – until January 2014.

Towns in Argentina Unite to Confront Climate Change

By Marcela Valente
Over 30 small and medium-sized municipalities in Argentina are jointly developing policies for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The idea is to raise awareness and work together to help these communities cope with a global problem, say the promoters of the initiative.
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Towns in Argentina Unite to Confront Climate Change

By IPS Correspondents
Through everyday practices like avoiding the use of disposable products and sorting garbage for recycling, communities in the Argentine interior are joining forces to implement more effective environmental policies.

Beating Rural Poverty in South America

By Fabíola Ortiz
The development of agriculture through the adoption of technological innovations will help Latin America leave behind its status as the most unequal region in the world, and will especially benefit the Southern Cone, one of the planet’s largest food reserves.
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