SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal police spokesman confirms that investigators have found that offshore oil spill near a Chevron well last year caused no significant environmental damage.
The spokesman is giving no other details about the conclusion, which was reported earlier Wednesday by two leading Brazilian newspapers: Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo.
SANTA RITA DO SAPUCAI, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian inmate Ronaldo da Silva was making an escape of a sort as he hopped on a bicycle and pedaled furiously, clocking up several miles (kilometers) before jumping off.
Silva didn't get very far, in fact not an inch. He's still inside the medium-security prison where he's serving a 5.5-year sentence for holding up a bakery.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has ruled that the local subsidiaries of oil company Shell and the world's largest chemical company, BASF, must pay $382 million into a compensation fund to potentially cover more than 1,000 workers who allege they were contaminated and sickened at an agricultural chemical plant.
BASF SA said in a Monday statement that it would appeal the ruling by judge Maria Ines Correa Targa. Shell SA said it would abide by the decision pending a higher court's ruling on the workers' class-action lawsuit that is before a court in the national capital, Brasilia.
Brazil set its first wind turbines live last week as part of a $16.9 billion project that seeks to produce the cheapest wind energy in the world, Bloomberg reports.
CEO Paulo Mendonca of OGX Petroleo de Gas, Brazil's second largest oil company, has resigned after his company shares fell 45 percent in the last two days, Reuters reports. Luiz Eduardo Carneiro, the CEO of shipbuilder and leaser OSX Brasil, will take over.
Blue Sugars Corp., a U.S. firm that makes cellulosic ethanol, will share employ its technology at three Brazilian sugar-cane mills by 2015 as it collaborates with Brazil's state-owned oil producer Petrobras, Bloomberg reports.
The Australian renewable-energy company Pacific Hydro plans to build 500 megawatts of wind farms in Brazil to help the country meet its heightened power demands, Bloomberg reports.
Brazilian state oil monopoly Petrobras isn't seeking outside partners in the construction of a northeastern Brazil refinery, hoping its current partner, the Venezuelan oil company Petroleo, will resolve its financial difficulties, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The EPA has set up a Web site in collaboration with Brazil that will allow city officials to learn from each others' waste, sewage and storm water innovations, Bloomberg reports.
Liberal watchdog group Checks and Balances Project said the State Department inspector general is investigating potential conflicts of interests in the department's environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline, The Hill reports.
West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined a push to have the Supreme Court rule to overturn EPA greenhouse gas regulations, The Charleston Gazette reports.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., voiced optimism that President Obama would not veto his bill to authorize oil and gas drilling off the coast of Virginia, The Hill reports.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a key satellite tasked with tracking severe eastern weather failed and a spare has been activated, Reuters reports.
The new chemical safety compromise bill introduced by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., now has 20 co-sponsors, The Hill reports.
Participants in the Energy Department's Better Buildings Challenge, designed to reduce energy consumption at buildings, saved about $58 million in energy costs last year, The Journal Sentinel reports.
In a Q&A with State House News Service, Massachusetts Senate candidates Rep. Ed Markey, D, and Gabriel Gomez, R, give their take on the Senate battle to confirm EPA nominee Gina McCarthy.
In an interview with GreenBiz.com, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick discusses his vision for his state's energy policy, including his plans for offshore wind generation.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to reform the Long Island Power Authority over flaws exposed by Hurricane Sandy is unpopular among municipal bond investors, Bloomberg reports.
