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"Jornal do Brasil" Jan. 2008 Article on Reservoir Emissions

Translated extracts from article "Energy Policy: Hydropower and Global Warming" published in Jornal do Brasil, 27 January 2008. For full article in Portuguese click on: http://quest1.jb.com.br/editorias/cienciaetecnologia/papel/2008/01/27/ci...

Alexandre Kemenes, Programa LBA (INPA)

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