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Issue of February, 15, 2010



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Argentina's huge production of soybeans is at the core of the biodiesel business
Credit: Greenpeace Argentina

Report
Argentina's Agrofuels Start Their Engines
By Marcela Valente
With biodiesel from soybeans playing the leading role, Argentina is beginning to require plant-based fuel blends for all vehicles.

Living in polluted cities is harmful to health, especially for the poor
Credit: Alejandro Arigón/IPS

Accents
When the City Makes You Sick
By Mario Osava
A scientific study in Brazil shows that breathing urban air filled with particulates sharply increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Illegal logging continues unchecked in Honduras
Credit: Courtesy of Democracy without Borders Foundation

Accents
Forest Corruption Budding Again in Honduras
By Thelma Mejía
The Honduran forests, the country's most valuable natural resource, are being irredeemably lost as a result of the corrupt timber business.

Yvo de Boer and John Ashe in Copenhagen
Credit: Servaas Van den Bosch/ IPS

Report
POLITICS: U.N. Climate Chief Quits Post
By Stephen Leahy
Countries have largely failed to endorse the Copenhagen Climate accord by the Jan. 31 deadline. On Thursday, the key official in the United Nations climate treaty process announced his resignation.

Eco-Briefs

BRAZIL: Wind Energy Lags Behind Potential
Brazil's wind energy generating capacity jumped 77.7 percent last year, reaching 606 megawatts, over 341 megawatts in 2008, according to the Global Wind Energy Council

CUBA: Archeology Revives Taíno Past
As of this month, Cuba has an official archeological site at Los Buchillones, in the central province of Ciego de Ávila, that systematizes studies in one of the places with greatest mysteries about the indigenous past of the Antilles.

VENEZUELA: Double Blow - Fires and Water Rationing
Several regions in Venezuela are enduring forest and brush fires linked to the drought that began last year, and which forced rationing of water supplies in Caracas and other cities, and of electricity across the province.

HONDURAS: Coffee Pact Criticized
The Honduran Environmental Prosecutor denounced an agreement between the government's Forest Conservation Institute and a coffee-growers' association, saying it endangers the flora and fauna in Comayagua and El Paraíso departments.

Lessons From a Unique Decade - José Graziano da Silva *
Rio+20 and Beyond: Together for a Sustainable Future - José Graziano da Silva *
Why Inclusive Green Growth Can Sustain Recent Gains in Latin America - Hasan Tuluy*
The Global Food Crisis and the Latin American Paradox - Pamela Cox