Brazil to Increase Biodiesel in Fossil Fuel
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff last week signed an executive order increasing the amount of biodiesel to be added into diesel...
June 3, 2014Topic
Pollution
The End of the Sand Era
That being said, it is fair to say sand is the second most widely used material in sheer volume in...
September 10, 2013
Kindness Generates Kindness: Pedaling in Rio
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The bicycle is the most efficient form of locomotion ever invented....
May 7, 2013
Petrobras Oil Leak in São Paulo: Daily
An oil leak in Petrobras’ Terminal Marítimo Almirante Barroso (Tebar) has polluted the region around São Sebastião, on the northern...
April 9, 2013
The Sound of Pollution
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Sounds can be beautiful, like the bioacoustics sounds produced in the...
February 26, 2013
Leblon Beach Plans R$10 Million Clean-up
The city of Rio is investing R$10 million in efforts to clean up Leblon Beach as part of a wider...
January 8, 2013
Driving in Rio: the Fast and the Furious
Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Having a car in Rio de Janeiro is like a box...
July 24, 2012
Leblon Beach Water Pollution Challenges
Leblon's beach receives run-off from the Jardim de Allah and Visconde de Albuquerque canals, and residents have long since been...
April 24, 2012
Guanabara Bay Cleanup Plan Launched
The Environmental Sanitation Program for the Guanabara Bay Area (PSAM), one of the state’s biggest environmental programs, at R$1.1 billion...
April 3, 2012