Environment

Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Germany floats 11 billion Euros in “green bonds” to fund environmental projects

Germany on Monday announced details of its first “green” bond placing, tapping financial markets to fund environmental projects for the first time. The finance ministry said it would raise up to 11 billion Euros in 2020 to support climate-related projects.
Monday, August 24th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Despite Merkel’s “serious doubts,” German industry defends the Mercosur-EU agreement

After Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday “considerable doubts” over whether to keep backing the European Union’s (EU) trade deal with the Mercosur due to environmental threats that represent the deforestation in Brazil’s Amazonia, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) responded defending the agreement that was reached last year.
Monday, August 24th 2020 - 08:23 UTC
Chile slaps record fine of US$ 6 million on Norwegian salmon farming company for the escape of 700,000 fish

Chile's environmental protection service said on Friday it had slapped a record US$ 6.6 million fine on a Norwegian salmon producer for the 2018 escape of 690,000 antibiotic-fed fish.
Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Massive losses of sheep in Patagonia highlands because of intense snowstorms

Snowstorms and frosts in the high areas of the Argentine Patagonia Rio Negro province could cause the death of 70% of the flock, according to estimates from the provincial Livestock Secretariat, Tabaré Bassi.
Friday, August 21st 2020 - 10:59 UTC
UN water rights expert questions Chile for placing economic development over human rights

Chile on Thursday faced questioning by a United Nations water rights expert who suggested the government could be placing economic development over human rights through controversial agriculture and energy projects.
Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:49 UTC
Earth Overshoot Day will be reached next Saturday, according to Global Footprint Network scientists

Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday Aug 22, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic slowed runaway overconsumption.
Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Oil spill from refinery triggers an environmental disaster along the Venezuelan coastline

A strip of Venezuela's western coastline boasting pristine beaches and fragile ecosystems such as mangroves and coral reefs could take more than half a century to fully recover from the environmental impacts of a recent oil spill, a researcher said.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:44 UTC
Brazil invites actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the reality of the Amazon

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there, as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the world's largest rainforest.
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Amazon indigenous protest demanding environment compensation from Brazilian government and improved Covid-19 care

Indigenous protesters in Brazil agreed on Tuesday to suspend their roadblock of a key highway amid a court battle but vowed to fight on for more help against COVID-19 and an end to deforestation.
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Some 21 million tons of micro plastic floating in the Atlantic ocean

There are 12-21 million tons of tiny plastic fragments floating in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have found. A study, led by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, scooped through layers of the upper 200m of the ocean during a research expedition through the middle of the Atlantic.