BP Biofuels to invest $350M to expand sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil
BP Biofuels plans to invest $350 million to expand the ethanol processing capacity of Tropical, one of its sugarcane processing ventures in Brazil.
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Sunday, December 9th, 2012
Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
China expands S. America energy footprint
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- China is expanding its energy footprint in Latin America to secure its economy's fuel needs and create a niche for its future trade...
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Rich nations owe more to combating global climate change-Brazil
NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Major emerging economies' obligations to cut emissions under a climate change agreement should not be the same as those of rich countries,...
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
GE signs $1B contract with Brazil's Petrobras
General Electric has signed a $1 billion contract with Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras to provide offshore equipment.
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Belo Monte dam construction halted
Opponents of the world's biggest new hydroelectric project - the Belo Monte dam in Brazil - notched up a rare victory this week, when a federal appeals court ordered...
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
New data indicate 57% decline since 2004 in carbon emissions from Amazon deforestation
Carbon emissions from deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon have dropped 57% from 2004 to 2011, according to new data recently released by the National Institute for Space...
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Brazil’s forest policy could undermine its climate goals
Brazil, caretaker of the world’s largest rain forest, is about to enact broad new regulations that opponents say could loosen restrictions on Amazon deforestation and...
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Brazil crude exports to triple to 1.5-1.6 million bpd by 2020-Petrobras
SINGAPORE, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's crude exports willtriple to 1.5-1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2020, from520,000 bpd now, Petrobras chief executive...
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Brazil to reduce mandatory ethanol blend in gas by 5%
With Brazil's ethanol prices soaring, the nation's government is expected to put forth a policy to reduce the mandatory ethanol blend in gasoline. Brazil's...
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
U.S. ethanol exports to surpass Brazil this year
(Reuters) - Lax trade restrictions and high sugar prices should allow the United States to overtake Brazil in ethanol exports during the second half of 2011, the U.S....
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Brazil, after a long battle, approves construction of huge Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon Rainforest
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil’s environmental agency gave final approval on Wednesday for a giant hydroelectric power plant in the Amazon rain forest that has been at the...
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011
At Brazil summit, World Bank and international coalition pledge to reduce greenhouse gases
SAO PAULO — The World Bank and 40 cities from around the world joined forces Wednesday with a pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Monday, May 9th, 2011
Brazil's Petrobras to boost ethanol production
BRASILIA — Brazil's state-controlled energy giant Petrobras will boost its production of ethanol as part of a government effort to contain fuel prices, Energy...
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Ethanol shortage in Brazil causing prices to soar
Brazil's ethanol prices have soared to levels rarely seen, rising 65 percent over last month's prices and hitting $6.31 a gallon, more than double the amount the...
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
New challenge to giant Bel Monte Dam project in Brazil
For the first time in the long drawn-out struggle between indigenous peoples living in the Xingú river basin and the Brazilian government, the und
Monday, March 21st, 2011
Obama highlights ethanol ties during Brazil trip
UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, often has a thing or two to say about the federal ethanol policy in the U.S. During President Obam
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Brazilian judge blocks plans for construction of massive Belo Monte dam
Plans for the construction of world's third-largest hydroelectric plant, the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric plant in the Amazon rainforest have been suspended...
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Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Brazil could soon be an energy rival to Houston
Today, Brazil may be best known for Carnival, soccer and gorgeous beaches. But deep-water oil and gas drilling is moving up the list.Indeed, as the South American nation...
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Lula field coud turn Brazil into an oil superpower
Expected oil wealth from the region could be a "passport to the future," as Brazil's new President Dilma Rousseff said, for what is already one of the...
Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Shell, Brazil's Cosan form $12B ethanol unit
AFP - Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell and Brazilian sugar-production group Cosan said Monday they were forming one of the biggest joint ethanol fuel ventures in the world,...
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