U.N. Official Discusses Brazil Biofuel
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By MICHAEL ASTOR RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A proposed ethanol alliance that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to forge with President Bush later this week poses both opportunities and risks for the environment, a top U.N. environmental official said Monday.
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The government of one of Brazil's Amazonian states plans to reforest areas of land cleared for pasture.
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The United Nations and Brazil moved on Monday to break a months-long deadlock over inspections to verify Latin America's largest nation is not diverting enriched uranium for weapons.
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URUCU, Brazil  - A tower of orange flame rises  above the Amazon jungle, firing the energy goals of the  Brazilian government.
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By Axel Bugge BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's new Resende nuclearplant has the potential to produce enough enriched uranium forsix nuclear bombs every year, U.S. researchers said on Friday-- a claim Brazil rejected as disinformation.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to hold talks with Pakistan&#39;s leader, who is on his first official visit to Latin America.
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U.N. nuclear experts visited Brazil's new uranium enrichment plant on Tuesday to try to break an impasse over nonproliferation inspections, although how much they would be allowed to see remained at issue.
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Sweden agreed Tuesday to abolish a tax on ethanol, which it currently purchases from Brazil, under a biofuels accord signed here during a visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, officials said.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazil could reach a  deal within 30 days that would resolve a dispute over nuclear  nonproliferation inspections following a visit by U.N. experts  to the country's new uranium enrichment plant this week,  Brazilian officials said on Wednesday.
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Brazil has tentatively agreed to let the U.N. atomic watchdog agency view parts of its equipment to enrich uranium - a deal that would end squabbling over access to technology that can be used to build nuclear weapons, diplomats said Wednesday.
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By Andrew Hay BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil wants a seat at the toptable of world nations.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- At a mega fuel depot for tanker trucks, President Bush heralded a new ethanol agreement with Brazil Friday as way to boost alternative fuels production across the Americas.
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A U.N. expert on Friday called the growing practice of converting food crops into biofuel "a crime against humanity," saying it is creating food shortages and price jumps that cause millions of poor people to go hungry.
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The world's rush to embrace biofuels is causing a spike in the price of corn and other crops and could worsen water shortages and force poor communities off their land, a U.N. official said Wednesday.
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SAO PAULO -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday he is confident Brazil has no intention of becoming a nuclear power, but he called on the country to work out differences with the UN atomic watchdog agency over inspections.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Burning of the Amazon and  other forests accounts for three quarters of Brazil's  greenhouse gas emissions and has made the country one of the  world's leading polluters, a long-delayed government report  showed on Wednesday.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that Brazil will budget about $540 million over eight years to complete its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment and possibly building a nuclear-powered submarine.