Thursday, March 31, 2011

Snaptu: Em março, energia eólica supera energia tradicional na Espanha

A energia eólica foi a fonte de eletricidade mais usada na Espanha em março, pela primeira vez na história, anunciou a gestora da rede de distribuição elétrica no país, a REE. "Os parques eólicos cobriram 21% da demanda e bateram um recorde mensal,…


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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Snaptu: BP loses laptop containing personal data of oil spill claimants

BP sends letters to 13,000 Louisiana residents whose data was stored on computer, notifying them of potential security breach

A BP employee has lost a laptop containing personal data belonging to thousands of Louisiana residents who filed claims for…


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Snaptu: Greenpeace targets Facebook employees

Unfriend Coal campaign calls on world's most successful social networking site to free its energy-intensive business from coal power

Greenpeace says it is targeting Facebook employees in a renewed campaignthat is urging the world's most successful…


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Snaptu: Spain's financial crisis claims another victim: the solar power industry

The Spanish government has slashed its solar power subsidies

Spain had one of the world's most ambitious – and generous – plans to boost the amount of electricity it generates from the sun. That dream, for the solar industry at least, has turned…


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Snaptu: Obama and energy | Michael Tomasky

I filled the gas tank this morning, after letting it get uncharacteristically low, and was a tad surprised to look up and see that it came to $48. That's a helluva lot in the good old US of A. It was $3.99 per gallon and is usually somewhere in the…


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Snaptu: UE quer eliminar carros a gasolina e a diesel de suas cidades até 2050

Plano prevê estímulo ao transporte por trens em detrimento de carros A Comissão Europeia, braço executivo da União Europeia (UE), propôs nesta segunda-feira que todos os carros a diesel ou a gasolina sejam eliminados das cidades do bloco até 2050. O…


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Snaptu: São Paulo sobe 21 posições em ranking de produção científica

Um relatório divulgado no Reino Unido diz que São Paulo subiu do 38º para o 17º lugar em um ranking de cidades com mais publicações científicas no mundo. De acordo com o estudo feito pela Royal Society, a academia nacional de ciência britânica, a…


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Snaptu: Investimentos em energia limpa têm resultado recorde; Brasil é 6º

Os investimentos mundiais em energia limpa alcançaram o valor recorde de US$ 243 bilhões em 2010, com alta de 30% ante 2009, segundo pesquisa divulgada nesta terça-feira pelo The Pew Charitable Trusts. O Brasil ficou em sexto lugar no ranking, com…


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Snaptu: Ibama multa prefeito de Belém por existência de lixão

O Ibama do Pará multou a prefeitura e o prefeito de Belém, Duciomar Costa (PTB), pela existência de um lixão a céu aberto sem licença ambiental e sem tratamento dos resíduos sólidos. Costa fica sujeito à multa de R$ 4.000 por dia após ser notificado.…


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Snaptu: Ciência foi omissa sobre Código Florestal, afirma Aldo Rebelo

O deputado federal Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB-SP), disse ontem no Senado que a ciência foi omissa no debate sobre o Código Florestal, cuja reforma ele pretende ver votada ainda em abril no plenário da Câmara. "A ciência está equivalente ao Parlamento em sua…


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Friday, March 25, 2011

Snaptu: Green apps that can save you money

As the market for applications running on mobile devices like Apple's iPad and iPhone grows, so do ways to save you money and cut your carbon emissions.


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Snaptu: “The Harry Potter theory of climate”

Climate doesn't change by magic. Climate scientist Mark Serreze debunks what he calls "the Harry Potter theory of climate" and suggests an interesting idea about what made the last two U.S. winters...


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Snaptu: Is Earth due for a mass extinction?

Scientists writing in the journal Nature warn that we could be on the brink of a mass extinction, the kind of species loss that has happened just five times in the last 540 million years.


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Snaptu: Tremores no Brasil não podem ser negligenciados, diz livro

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Livro reforça ensino em geografia, física, química e engenharia

O Brasil já sofreu diversos abalos sísmicos no século 21, como os registrados em São Paulo em 2008 e em Minas Gerais em 2007. Apesar de produzir tremores de baixa…


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Snaptu: Schwarzenegger se diz contra construção de hidrelétricas

O ator e ex-governador da Califórnia, Arnold Schwarzenegger, se juntou ao diretor James Cameron na luta contra a construção da usina hidrelétrica de Belo Monte, no Pará. Na abertura do Fórum Mundial de Sustentabilidade, que acontece em Manaus até…


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Snaptu: Cidades brasileiras vão apagar luzes durante a Hora do Planeta

Pelo menos 81 cidades brasileiras vão apagar neste sábado as luzes de seus principais monumentos, durante uma hora, para se somar à Hora do Planeta. A iniciativa é uma campanha da organização ambientalista WWF (World Wildlife Fund) para mostrar o…


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Snaptu: Tokyo water unsafe for infants after high radiation levels detected

Japanese capital's water supply contains twice the safe level of radioactive iodine for young children, say the authorities

Authorities in Tokyo have warned that very young children in the Japanese capital should not drink tap water after it was…


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Snaptu: New, green economy falls to the old politics

George Osborne chose short term political gain over long term economic gain, with a green bank that can't borrow and giveaways to motoring and flying

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George Osborne remembered one thing - to parrot yet again David Cameron's…


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Snaptu: Vazamento de óleo ameaça milhares de pinguins em arquipélago no Atlântico

Milhares de pinguins ameaçados de extinção estão cobertos de óleo após um navio cargueiro encalhar próximo à costa do pequeno arquipélago de Tristão da Cunha, no meio do Atlântico Sul, informaram as autoridades do território que pertence ao Reino…


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Snaptu: Angra 2 opera com licenciamento ambiental incompleto

A usina nuclear de Angra 2 opera comercialmente há uma década com o licenciamento ambiental incompleto. Ela possui apenas a licença de operação inicial e não a permanente, conforme exigem as regras. O licenciamento de usinas nucleares no Brasil é…


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Snaptu: Japan fears food contamination as battle to cool nuclear plant continues

Abnormal radiation levels reported in tap water, vegetables and milk with concerns that fish may also be affected

The operation to cool the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has suffered a setback after smoke and vapour was seen…


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Snaptu: Desastres naturais mudam percepção sobre ambiente, diz estudo

O resultado já era esperado, mas até agora os cientistas não tinham pesquisas suficientes para provar isso. Quem já sofreu com eventos climáticos extremos tem maior tendência a se preocupar com o aquecimento global e a poupar energia. Foi o que…


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Snaptu: Pobre também deveria ter painel solar, diz secretário do Clima

O novo secretário nacional de Mudança Climática, Eduardo Assad, tem dois recados para os empresários do país: se quiserem investir em energia alternativa, haverá crédito barato do governo. Se não quiserem, vão ter de investir do mesmo jeito.…


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Snaptu: ONU alerta para crise gerada por favelas e falta de saneamento

O mundo precisa agir imediatamente para combater uma crise urbana nas favelas das grandes cidades do mundo, que sofrem com a falta de água e esgoto. O alerta veio de um dos diretores da ONU que se dedica a questões urbanas mundiais, o UN Habitat, e…


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Saturday, March 19, 2011

Snaptu: Government betrayal on solar feed-in tariff

No renewables company or investor will easily trust this government again

In numerous conversations with ministers since the comprehensive spending review, I was assured that any review of the UK's solar photovoltaic (PV) feed-in tariffs before…


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Snaptu: Plastic recycling plant takes all sorts

Teesside factory the first in Britain to reuse all types of plastic as deprived area focuses on green jobs

Hopes of an end to the bewildering and complex procedure of sorting different types of plastic for recycling have been raised by the unveiling…


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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Snaptu: Is Germany's windfarm dream a load of hot air? | Frank Dohmen and Christian Schwägerl

Wrangling over subsidies has seen construction of offshore windfarms in Germany fall far behind schedule

The promise was clear and the path leading to an ambitious goal well defined. The German power industry planned to install wind turbines with a…


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Snaptu: Scottish tidal power station gets approval

Underwater power station to generate enough energy for 10,000 Hebridean homes, and some distilleries

The world's first major tidal power station is to be installed in a deep, but sheltered, channel between two Scottish islands, providing electricity…


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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Estre compra Cavo e torna-se a maior no gerenciamento de lixo

A Estre Ambiental, do empresário Wilson Quintella Filho, criou a maior empresa de gerenciamento de lixo no país, com faturamento previsto de R$ 1,13 bilhão, ao adquirir a Cavo Serviços e Saneamento, do grupo Camargo Corrêa. A Estre pagou R$ 610 milhões, sem incluir o caixa. O negócio foi marcado por uma operação relâmpago, fechada na madrugada de sexta-feira. Estruturada em dez dias pelo BTG Pactual, tirou do jogo um fundo de "private equity" estrangeiro que já tinha negociações avançadas com a Camargo.

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Snaptu: German plans for zero-emission car to win over petrolheads

BMW only manufacturer working to design electric car from scratch, rather than converting existing model

Germany's world-class cadre of car designers are searching for the holy grail – a zero-emission car that wins over the world's petrolheads.…


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Monday, March 14, 2011

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India Plans Grants Covering 40% of Developing New Biogas Plants

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is providing grants to cover up to 40 percent of the cost of developing and distributing biogas- fertilizer plants for electricity generation.

The ministry invited expressions of interest from companies interested in setting up capacity of over 1,000 cubic metres of biogas generation per day 'in a few locations having suitable biomass materials in sugar mills, agro processing plant, poultry units, etc.,' according to a statement posted on its website.

The grants cover both distribution of the gas both by pipeline and bottle. The deadline for receiving applications is July 31.

The ministry had earlier sanctioned 11 such projects with capacity up to 1,000 cubic meters in eight states across the country.


Snaptu: Will rising seas put London under water?

If emissions continue to rise and ice sheets enter an unstoppable melting cycle, many of the world's cities will be at risk

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It may be only a matter of time. In its 2007 report, the IPCC…


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Snaptu: Japan proves nuclear energy is not secure | Roland Nelles

The earthquake and tsunami in Japan show it is over. Done. Finished. Germany can no longer pretend nuclear power is safe

The catastrophe in Japan has sparked debate internationally on nuclear energy, but it is especially fierce in Germany. After…


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Snaptu: Pescadores fazem manifestação contra construção de Belo Monte

No Dia Internacional de Luta contra as Barragens, mais de 200 pescadores de Altamira, Vitória do Xingu, Belo Monte, Senador José Porfírio e Porto de Moz, no Pará, fazem manifestação contra a construção da Usina de Belo Monte. O grupo vai reunir todos…


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Snaptu: Derretimento do gelo no Ártico evidencia problemas climáticos

O Ártico não é uma região isolada das demais, mas um ponto central, onde se encontram três continentes e dois oceanos. As mudanças que lá ocorrem afetam o clima de todo o planeta, dizem especialistas. Os exploradores russos Daniel Gavrilov e Elena…


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Thursday, March 10, 2011

C40 São Paulo Summit 2011

Forty mayors from the forty biggest cities in the world have arrived in Sao Paulo to save the planet. The 4th international C40 Summit welcomes delegations from forty big cities to discuss climate change, sustainability and environment. More than a thousand people, both from public and private

C40 São Paulo Summit 2011
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Sucesso na campanha Espalhe Vida rende quase 6 mil interações

Sucesso na campanha Espalhe Vida rende quase 6 mil interações

Snaptu: Power up: electricity costs will rise however we generate it | Damian Carrington

A chat with the people who keep the lights on in the UK, as the biggest reform in decades looms. Plus: what do you think of the flurry of green announcements

The UK's energy market is probably the most liberalised in the world, which has been good…


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Snaptu: Nasa adverte que os polos estão derretendo em ritmo acelerado

As camadas de gelo da Groenlândia e da Antártida estão perdendo massa a um ritmo mais acelerado que os prognósticos feitos até agora, superando os das gelerias das montanhas, o que repercutirá na alta do nível dos oceanos. O estudo foi divulgado pela…


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Snaptu: What is carbon capture and storage?

Carbon capture and storage, or CCS, involves capturing and burying CO2, to avoid it entering the atmosphere

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Carbon capture and storage, also known as CCS or carbon sequestration, describes a…


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Snaptu: Eco-farming could double food output of poor countries, says UN

Report cites insect-trapping plants in Kenya and Bangladesh's use of ducks in paddy fields, and resulting rise in crop yields

A move by farmers in developing countries to ecological agriculture, away from chemical fertilisers and pesticides, could…


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Snaptu: China quer reduzir em 17% suas emissões de CO2 até 2015

A China, maior emissor de dióxido de carbono (CO2) do planeta, quer reduzir em 17% o volume de suas emissões de CO2 por unidade de seu Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) até 2015, indicou neste sábado o primeiro-ministro do país, Wen Jiabao. O consumo de…


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Friday, March 4, 2011

Snaptu: Renewable heat incentive can let green jobs grow

The government risks squandering Labour's green legacy if the high level of expectation is allowed to turn into frustration

Way back in February 2010, a bold and radical secretary of state by the name of Ed Miliband set the ball rolling for the…


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Snaptu: China's dams will cause more problems

Under pressure to cut emissions, China risks irreversibly destroying its great rivers and biodiversity hotspots

In 2007, China became the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. Since then, not only the EU and the US, but also developing…


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Snaptu: Lançamento de satélite que estudaria clima da Terra fracassa

O foguete Taurus, cuja missão era levar o satélite Glory ao espaço para estudo dos raios solares e suas influências sobre o clima da Terra, caiu no oceano Pacífico nesta sexta-feira. O lançamento da base da Força Aérea de Vandenberg, na Califórnia,…


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Snaptu: MPF alerta para danos com liberação de obras de Belo Monte

A liberação para continuidade das obras da usina de Belo Monte sem o cumprimento de ações de minimização dos impactos socioambientais causaria prejuízos irreparáveis, de acordo com o Ministério Público Federal no Pará (MPF-PA). O órgão informou, por…


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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Bioenergy espera preço na casa dos R$140 por MWh no leilão de energia eólica deste ano

Snaptu: Nyiragongo Crater: Journey to the Center of the World

The view from the volcano's rim, 11,380 feet above the ground. At 1,300 feet deep, the lava lake has created one of the wonders of the African continent.


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Snaptu: Underwater kite-turbine may turn tides into green electricity | Damian Carrington

Swooping a turbine through the sea's currents could be a cheaper way to harness the power of the oceans

As a surfer, I know the power of the sea and also that going with the flow is the only way to survive. And that's what I like about this…


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Snaptu: 'Oil prices make the case for green economy'

Climate and energy secretary warns oil price of $100 a barrel transforms the economics of climate change

Britain is facing a 1970s-style oil price shock that could cost the UK economy £45bn over two years, the climate and energy secretary, Chris…


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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Snaptu: Saco plástico causa menos danos que ecobags, diz relatório

Uma pesquisa inédita do governo britânico indica que sacolas de plástico, odiadas por ambientalistas e rejeitadas por consumidores, podem não ser vilãs ecológicas. Um relatório da Agência do Meio Ambiente britânica, obtido pelo jornal britânico "The…


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Snaptu: Trânsito com carros verdes continua sendo trânsito, diz Ford

Bill Ford, bisneto de Henry Ford e presidente do conselho da Ford, se considera um "ambientalista industrial" e tem duas paixões desde menino: carros e natureza. Mas foi só depois de entrar na faculdade, nos anos 70, que percebeu que as duas coisas…


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