http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:25:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/04/the-belo-monte-hydroelectric-dilemma.html Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:34:02 +0000 Brazil depends on improving its energy generation capacity to sustain economical growth, but is Belo Monte, a new hydroelectric plant in the Amazon forest, the answer?]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/04/the-future-of-environmental-responsibility-in-brazil.html Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:10:45 +0000 From the financial crisis to the environmental one, there is no doubt that the world is experiencing a period of drastic changes. While most of the countries are devising their policies based on green considerations, Brazil seems to be going in the opposite direction. The government has recently approved a 10-year plan for the Brazilian energy matrix that not only ignores renewable and clean energy sources where hydroelectric plants are not feasible, but also favors the increase of thermal plants based on coal and oil. In a speech made in the south of Brazil shortly after the approval of theRead more...]]>