by Haroon Siddique – guardian.co.uk
Containers of toxic waste that the Brazilian government claims were illegally exported from the UK to the South American country will arrive at a British port today.
The cargo ship MSC Serena will bring 71 of the 89 containers into Felixstowe, with the remainder returning at a later date.
The Environment Agency investigation [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Brazil’
Toxic waste shipment returns to UK from Brazil
August 21st, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
Brazil’s former environment minister leaves ruling party over ‘destruction of natural resources’
August 19th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
by Tom Phillips – guardian.co.uk
Brazil’s former environment minister, the rainforest defender Marina Silva, has resigned from the ruling Workers’ party, paving the way for a 2010 presidential bid, which supporters hope will put the environment back on the political agenda of South America’s largest country.
For weeks speculation has been growing that Silva, who resigned from [...]
Brazil Amazon defender weighing presidential bid #MarinaSilva
August 6th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A former Brazilian environment minister who won fame as a staunch defender of the Amazon rain forest is considering running for the country’s presidency next year as the Green Party candidate, her office said on Wednesday.
Marina Silva’s candidacy would ensure that environmental issues get a high profile in the campaign [...]
“Plastic Bags Stink” campaign is launched in Rio
August 6th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
To to the sound of popular Brazilian group AfroReggae – long involved with social movements -, the Ministry of the Environment’s “Plastic Bags Stink” campaign was launched last Monday (August 3) at the Cunha Canal Ecobarrier in Rio de Janeiro slum Maré. The idea was to stimulate recycling within the local community and in the [...]
Amazon deforestation speeds up: Brazil space agency
August 5th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
BRASILIA (AFP) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in June was four times more devastating than the month before, further depleting what is seen as one of the biggest buffers against global warming, official data revealed Tuesday.
Satellite imagery analyzed by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research showed 578 square kilometers (223 square miles) of Amazon [...]
Nike launches sustainable tennis
August 4th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
Aesthetically it may not be the most beautiful tennis that we have seen, but this new shoe from Nike is a performance as high as other high performance shoes that the company produces, including those used by the NBA. The best is that the shoe is made with flaps of leather and synthetic leather of [...]
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Tags: Amazon, Brazil, example, footwear, leather, market, Nike, reflexive message
Timberland requires commitment of suppliers against deforestation
August 4th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
The footwear manufacturer Timberland today announced that it will not use more leather from animals raised in newly deforested areas in Amazonia. With the commitment, the company will require its suppliers to commit to a moratorium on the expansion of cattle on areas of recent deforestation, thereby ensuring that the leather used in their products [...]
Nike just did it ➜ Nike establishes policy to protect the Amazon and the climate
August 4th, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
International — Just a few short weeks after the release of Slaughtering the Amazon Nike has announced new standards for keeping leather made from Amazon destruction out of its shoes.
Following the release of our report, Nike contacted us because they wanted to work towards a new leather sourcing policy that didn’t contribute to the destruction of [...]
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Amazon, Brazil, Climate Change, CO2 emission, deforestation, example, footwear, leather
The Brazilian Minister of Environment returns garbage illegally imported from England
August 3rd, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
Rio Grande (3/8/2009) – The Minister of Environment, Carlos Minc, took part in last Saturday (1), the Port of Rio Grande, with the Superintendent of IBAMA in Rio Grande do Sul, Fernando da Costa Marques, and Head of the Office of the institute in Rio Grande, Sandro Klippel, the loading of the first batch of [...]
Major brands implicated in Amazon destruction
August 3rd, 2009
Posted by: Luigi Melnechuky
Brazil — Just as protecting the world’s forests is rapidly becoming a recognized necessity for fighting climate change, we have discovered that major fashion, food and sports brand names are unwittingly driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.
Our three-year investigation into Brazil’s booming cattle industry – the largest source of deforestation in the world and [...]
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: Amazon destruction, Brazil, Climate Change, deforestation, footwear, Greenpeace, leather