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Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian Brazil
[ad_1] An igapó, a flood-prone wooded area on the Vuelta Grande of the Xingu River, with fruit on the dry ground. This is where…
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A River’s Contrasts and Inequalities in the Arid Lands of Brazil
[ad_1] Osnir da Silva Rubez prepares the furrows that will take water from the São Francisco river to irrigate his crops in the Brazilian…
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Solar Power and Biogas Empower Women Farmers in Brazil
[ad_1] Leide Aparecida Souza, president of the Association of Residents of the Genipapo Settlement in the rural area of Acreúna, a municipality in central-western…
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Brazil’s Biofuel Potential Set to Expand Thanks to Sustainable Aviation Fuel
[ad_1] An Air Force plane brings home Brazilians who managed to escape the war in Gaza as part of a humanitarian operation. Airplanes shorten…
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Illegal Artisanal Mining Threatens Amazon Jungle and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
[ad_1] An area of illegal mining activity was raided by the Brazilian Federal Police in the eastern Amazon on Jan. 17, where their precarious…
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Bringing the Piratininga Lagoon Back to Life in Brazil
[ad_1] An aerial view of Hacendita Cafubá, on the north shore of Piratininga, a lagoon in southeastern Brazil, when ponds that serve as a…
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‘Passion Seeds’ Fertilize Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast
[ad_1] Ligoria Felipe dos Santos poses for a photo on her agroecological farm that mixes corn, squash, fruits, vegetables and medicinal herbs. She is…
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The Dark Side of Wind and Solar Farms as Sustainable Energy in Brazil
[ad_1] A view of the Canoas Wind Farm, owned by Neoenergia, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spain’s Iberdrola. Several wind farms with hundreds of turbines…
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Water Harvesting Boosts Agriculture in Brazil’s Semiarid Northeast
[ad_1] Eronildes da Silva proudly stands next to a bunch of bananas on his farm, whose large size is the result, he says, of…
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Biodigesters Boost Family Farming in Brazil
[ad_1] Lucineide Cordeiro loads manure from her two oxen and two calves into the “sertanejo” biodigester that produces biogas for cooking and biofertilizer for…
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A 1904 Massacre Could Help Save the Future of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
[ad_1] Indigenous representatives like Raoni Metuktire, an internationally recognized Kaiapó leader, followed the Supreme Court trial on the temporary framework, inside and outside of…
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Video: Roraima in Search of Safe and Sustainable Energy Autonomy
[ad_1] by Mario Osava (boa vista, brazil) Monday, February 06, 2023 Inter Press Service BOA VISTA, Brazil, Feb 06 (IPS) – Roraima, the northernmost state…
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Solar Energy Useless Without Good Batteries in Brazils Amazon Jungle
[ad_1] Solar panels with a capacity to generate 30 kilowatts no longer work in the Darora Community of the Macuxi people, an indigenous group…
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The Energy Dilemmas of Roraima, a Unique Part of Brazils Amazon Region
[ad_1] A riverside park in Boa Vista, which would probably disappear with the construction of the Bem Querer hydroelectric plant, 120 kilometers downstream on…
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Solar Energy Benefits Children and Indigenous People in Northern Brazil
[ad_1] Aerial view of the Municipal Theater of Boa Vista and its parking lot covered by solar panels, near the center of a city…
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Biomethane from Garbage: Turning a Climate Enemy into Clean Energy – VIDEO
[ad_1] A view of the new Caucaia landfill, near Fortaleza, capital of the state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil, which receives about 5,000 tons…