BIOGAS TO ENERGY

Entenda como a geração de energia elétrica afeta o meio ambiente

2011-03-26T09:35:00.002-03:00

Snaptu: Green apps that can save you money

2011-03-25T18:09:00.003-03:00

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”

2011-03-25T18:09:00.001-03:00

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?

2011-03-25T18:08:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-25T18:07:00.001-03:00

Divulgação

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

2011-03-25T18:06:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-25T18:05:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-23T14:46:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-23T14:45:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-23T14:44:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-23T14:43:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-22T19:22:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-22T19:21:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-22T19:20:00.003-03:00

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

2011-03-22T19:20:00.001-03:00

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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Snaptu: Government betrayal on solar feed-in tariff

2011-03-19T12:50:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-19T12:49:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-17T14:53:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-17T14:52:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-15T15:53:00.001-03:00

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

2011-03-15T09:52:00.001-03:00

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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Republic Services Solar Energy Cover

2011-03-14T20:58:00.000-03:00

Landfill Gas Vent Installation

2011-03-14T20:51:00.000-03:00

India Plans Grants Covering 40% of Developing New Biogas Plants

2011-03-14T14:09:00.001-03:00

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?

2011-03-14T11:29:00.001-03:00

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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