Environment

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Ross Sea region MPA serves as a valuable model for others in region

  

  By Andrea Kavanagh (*) - On October 28, 2016, global leaders made history by designating one of the most productive and healthy stretches of the ocean as the world’s largest marine protected area (MPA).

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 05:15 UTC

  Argentina now sells gas to Chile and Brazil

  

  Argentina is now in a position to sell gas to neighbouring Chile and Brazil thanks to the Gas Plan and Vaca Muerta's potential, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 21:51 UTC

  Two climate change experts and one Italian theorist win Nobel Physics Prize

  

  The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two climate change experts in addition to an Italian scientist, it was announced Tuesday.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Eurnekian confirmed a US$ 2,300 million contract to build a dam in Neuquen

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that the Heliport and Panedile associated partners have been awarded the contract to build the Chihuido hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian province of Neuquen. The first company belongs to Eduardo Eurnekian and the second to the Dragonetti family.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  FIG and BAS work together on forthcoming Antarctic summer research season

  

  Despite the global pandemic, the strong strategic relationship between the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has gone from strength to strength. Following the success of the previous austral summer research season, the Falkland Islands is once again positioned to be the gateway for exciting and important Antarctic science over the next six to nine months.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Falklands' new waste management scheme gets the green light

  

  The revised scheme for the new Waste Management Facility has been approved by the Planning and Building Committee. The new plans are for a waste management facility including a household waste tipping area, a public waste center, an incinerator with a 30-meter high chimney and ash collection bay, and a waste storage area.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 15:34 UTC

  US Court backs DOC change of mind regarding Argentine biodiesel trade

  

  The United States Court of International Trade Wednesday upheld tariffs or Argentine biodiesel which ensued a redefinition by the Department of Commerce which had at first stood against them.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean Antarctic bases changing energy sources with German support

  

  The Chilean Antarctic Institute, Inach, Germany's International Cooperation Agency, GIZ, and the Antarctica Foundation 21 have started working in energy options, assessing alternatives for the Chilean bases in the continent, avoiding CO2 emissions, such as green hydrogen.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 08:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro: “we fought the virus and unemployment simultaneously with the same responsibility”

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro highlighted on Tuesday, in New York, Brazil's work on environmental preservation and the fight against climate change. He also emphasized that he always defended fighting the virus and unemployment simultaneously and with the same responsibility, and claimed lockdowns have “left a legacy of inflation, particularly in foodstuffs around the world.”

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Paraguay River reported to be close to historic downspout levels

  

  Paraguayan authorities have reported the Paraguay River is merely 9 centimeters from its all-time low as it dropped yet another 3 centimeters Friday in Asunción.