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Andy Dorn

US car industry drives deforestation in Brazil | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

www.guardian.co.uk/...pig-iron-deforestation-brazil

geography deforestation brazil biodiversity amazon TNCs Y10 global_issues

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  • From the Amazon to Cerrado the production of pig iron in illegal charcoal kilns is driving Brazilian rainforests to destruction. A two-year investigation by Greenpeace shows how trees are being burned to make charcoal, used in the production of 'pig iron'. This pig iron is exported to the US and converted into steel, which is bought by some of the biggest car makers in the world
Ameya Badwe

Bangkok Post : Floods breach Ayutthaya factories - 1 views

www.bangkokpost.com/...ods-breach-ayutthaya-factories

shared by Ameya Badwe on 09 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Ameya Badwe on 09 Oct 11
     
    AYUTTHAYA: A makeshift embankment at a bridge leading into a major industrial estate collapsed yesterday, allowing floodwaters to surge in, causing damages that could run up to 18 billion baht. OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS: A man casts his fishing net near the reclining Buddha image at Wat Loke Yasutha temple in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya province yesterday.
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