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At Least He'll Be Better Than Ours
Brazil swears in new environment minister |
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28 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:01 PM on 28 May 2008 Carlos Minc was sworn in as Brazil's environment minister on Tuesday. Minc succeeds Marina Silva, who quit after six years of uphill battling to protect the Amazon rainforest from development. Greens are cautiously optimistic about Minc, who was a founder of Brazil's Green Party, a former environment secretary in the state of Rio de Janeiro, and one of 500 winners of a 1989 United Natio ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, international politics, news, politics, rainforests (all these topics) |
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Silva Buckle
Brazil's pro-rainforest environment minister resigns |
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13 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:05 PM on 13 May 2008 Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva resigned Tuesday after six years in office, leading a Greenpeace campaigner to lament that "Brazil is losing the only voice in the government that spoke out for the environment." Silva's policies prioritized environmental protection, particularly for the Amazon; while her policies landed her a spot as one of Grist's fave green politicians, they ... |
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| Topics: Amazon, Brazil, international politics, news, politics, rainforests (all these topics) |
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