Environment

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

  Two people needed hospitalization due to oil spill off Peru's shore

  

  Two people have been hospitalized as a result of the effects of contaminated Pacific Ocean waters stemming from the Repsol oi spill off Callao, Peruvian authorities said Tuesday.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  French and EU investigation into major fisheries incident that caused the death of tons of blue whiting

  

  France's fisheries minister has called for an investigation after a major incident with tons of dead fish drifting off the country's Atlantic coast. Video footage filmed by environmental activists shows a mass of dead fish floating on the sea surface.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  WTI crude surges above US$ 92 on Texas freezing weather

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – WTI Crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, jumped to over US$ 92 per barrel early on Friday—its highest level since 2014, amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and a deep freeze in Texas that disrupted some Permian oil production.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Ecuadorian authorities speak of “major disaster” following oil spill last week

  

  An oil spill in Ecuador in late January has been spreading over the past few days throughout the Yasuní area reaching unforeseen proportions, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Gas and nuclear energies and the green economy: furious debate in Europe

  

  Are gas and nuclear clean energies in the drive to a green economy? The controversy has triggered a furious debate in the European Commission following proposed rules that, in effect under certain conditions, the two energies can be labeled “green investments”.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  World Wetlands Day, 2 February, the Ramsar Convention

  

  On 30 August 2021, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2 February as World Wetlands Day to raise awareness of the urgency of reversing the accelerating loss of wetlands and to promote their conservation and restoration.

• Wednesday, February 2nd 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  NGOs claim most deforestation in northern Argentina during 2021 was illegal

  

  Around 110,180 hectares of forest were destroyed in the Argentine provinces of Santiago del Estero, Formosa, Chaco, and Salta during the year 2021 as a result of illegal practices, according to Greenpeace.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Repsol ordered to stop loading or unloading crude in Peru's Pacific waters

  

  Peruvian authorities Monday ordered Spanish oil company Repsol to stop loading and unloading crude oil on ships after a spill in January has caused a major environmental crisis in the Pacific Ocean off the province of Callao near Lima.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?

  

  As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  A day of discussions on the Falklands' Wetlands future

  

  Wednesday, February 2, World's Wetlands Day will be celebrated in the Falkland Islands with a day of conferences and discussions at the Falklands College, from 09:00 to 16:00.