The state-owned company will start using methane gas extracted from Latin America’s largest landfill as fuel at the Duque de Caxias Refinery, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made an assessment of the Climate Conference this Monday. He stated that the meeting managed to solve part of the problem, but criticized the US’ stance.
The Brazilian Chief of Staff, Dilma Roussef, said that developed countries want to split the contributions to the fund for fighting global warming into near-equal parts.
The president of COP-15, Connie Hedegaard, stepped down after being accused of favouring wealthy countries in the negotiations. She will be replaced by the Danish prime-minister, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.
Representatives of 192 countries race against the clock to close a deal on climate in Copenhagen. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already left Brazil headed for the meeting.
The heads of delegations of countries like Brazil, China, India and South Africa should have a common strategy to force countries to adopt daring measures against global warming.
The first draft of an agreement at the World Climate Conference, in Copenhagen, preserves commitments made by countries in the Kyoto Protocol, but should also include targets for the United States.
Funds from rich nations should be used for reducing pollutant gas emissions in large developing nations, such as Brazil. The statement was made by the secretary general of COP-15, Yvo de Boer.
Prize for female entrepreneurs has 10 finalists. The winners will be known in April 2010.
It is time to act for the environment. The statement was made by Yvo de Boer, secretary general of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which started on this Monday.
President Lula and German prime-minister Angela Merkel admitted it will not be possible to reach an ideal agreement at the Climate Conference. ‘I believe we won’t sign our dream agreement,’ said Lula.
According to the Environment minister Carlos Minc, in 2009, the country had its lowest deforestation rate in 21 years, and set a voluntary target of reducing forest clearing by 39% by 2020.
According to companies and architects operating in the country, environmental concern in construction work is on the rise. Solar energy, water reuse and sustainable products are the trend.
The statement was made by the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Rome, Italy, today (16th), during the opening of the World Summit on Food Security.
