Environment

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  This winter among the coldest in Uruguay's last 42 years

  

  Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) released this week a report according to which the 2022 winter was the ninth coldest in the last 42 years.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  UN concerned shortage of fertilizers might affect global food supply

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday discussed the issue of fertilizers and food exports with Russian President Vladimir Putin, it was reported.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  EU parliament bans products linked to deforestation and violation of indigenous peoples' human rights

  

  European Union lawmakers have backed a proposal for a law that would ban the sale in the 27-nation bloc of agriculture products linked to the destruction of forests, and human rights violations. The bill was supported by 453 votes, to 57 with 123 abstentions. The EU Parliament will now start negotiations on the final text with EU member states.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Ozone for life: 35 years of ozone layer protection

  

  This year, we celebrate 35 years of the Vienna Convention and 35 years of global ozone layer protection. Life on Earth would not be possible without sunlight. But the energy emanating from the sun would be too much for life on Earth to thrive were it not for the ozone layer. This stratospheric layer shields Earth from most of the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. Sunlight makes life possible, but the ozone layer makes life as we know it possible.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Patagonia turns green and a climate-focused trust, “Earth is our only shareholder”

  

  Patagonia garments, a family owned company started half a century ago, has decided that instead of going public it will be “going purpose”, this means dedicating all profits from the company to projects and organizations that will protect wild land and biodiversity and fight the climate crisis.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Bariloche court upholds ruling: access to Lago Escondido must be granted

  

  A court of appeals in the Argentine city of Bariloche has upheld a 2013 ruling of a lower court ordering Rio Negro provincial authorities to open a road through the property of English tycoon Joe Lewis so access to Lago Escondido can be granted.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  Wind energy and green hydrogen projects in Rio Grande do Sul target 13% of power demand

  

  The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Neoenergia, a subsidiary of the Spanish giant electricity energy corporation Iberdrola, for the development of offshore wind power, plus a project for the production of green hydrogen.

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 06:55 UTC

  Congratulation to Andy Pollard for his “Sleeping Beauty” Gold Award at the Bird Photographer competition

  

  Congratulations to Andy Pollard for his Gold Award Winner in the 'Attention to Detail' category of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 competition.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 08:08 UTC

  The 2022 summer was the hottest in Europe's recorded history

  

  The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced on Thursday. It is the second summer in a row of record-breaking temperatures in Europe.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Greenpeace dropped a chain of boulders in UK's MPA South West Deeps to prevent industrial trawling

  

  Greenpeace UK activists have dropped boulders into the English Channel at the South West Deeps (190 kilometers south of Land's End Cornwall) to prevent industrial trawling. The South West Deeps is one of the UK’s Marine Protected Areas and Greenpeace says the boulder barrier will stop industrial bottom trawlers from dragging weighted nets across the sea floor.