Let’s take a look at headlines from this week related to the environment and the Amazon.
- Forest Plan in Brazil Bears the Traces of an Activist’s Vision, New York Times
- Guia virtual mostra cantos dos sapos da Amazônia, O Globo
- Hundreds of Brazil’s Eco-warriors at Risk for Assassination, Guardian UK
- Lula quer melhor Exército para defender Amazônia e petroleo, Estado de SP
- Brazil Citrus Industy Threatened by Disease, LA Times
- Amazon Killings Go On Despite Chico Mendes’ Legacy, AP
- SP, Rio e Vitória desmataram 990 “Maracanãs” em 3 anos, Folha de SP
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RODOLFO
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Olá Pessoal, eu sou Brasileiro, nasci e moro em São Paulo, os amigos que quiserem aprender mais o português – Brasileiro, podem se corresponder comigo e também poderão saber mais coisas do Brasil. Se comuniquem inicialmente por e-mail, depois eu passo meu MSN, Skype. Será um prazer ensiná-los a falar Brasileiro e conhecer o meu país ! Na medida do possível estou respondendo a todos. Sejam bem vindo Amigos . FELIZ 2.009 .
RODOLFO – SÃO PAULO – BRASIL
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Ecofasa turns waste to biodiesel using bacteria
A group of Spanish developers working for a company called Ecofasa just announced a new biofuel made up from trash. This isn’t a biodiesel made from used frying oil; instead, it’s made from general urban waste which is treated by bacteria. The result of that bacteria? Fatty acids that can be used to produce standard biodiesel. According to the company’s CEO, the process is fully biologic, competes with no feedstock and is really sustainable. However, the process doesn’t yield that much actual fuel: just one liter of biodiesel from 10 kg of trash. The project is now in a development phase, but Ecofasa said that a commercially viable model could be ready in three to four years.
http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3225
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jh4c24qeX4