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Montevideo, March 27th 2026 - 15:55 UTC

Environment

  • Friday, April 11th 2014 - 08:38 UTC

    Water rationing round the corner for the metropolis of Sao Paulo, admits major utility

    The Cantareira reservoir is at just 12.7% of its capacity, with no rain in sight and 20 million thirsty

    The metropolis of Sao Paulo may have to ration water this year if reservoir levels are not replenished, Brazil's largest water and sewage utility said, an increasing possibility as the southeast region heads into its dry season.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 19:44 UTC

    Renewable energy keeps advancing despite a drop in overall investment

    The falling cost of solar photovoltaic systems was partly responsible for a lesser sum of investment.

    Renewable energy's share of world electricity generation continued its steady climb last year despite a 14% drop in investments to 214.4 billion dollars, according to a new report released on Monday and produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 07:13 UTC

    Lightning storms kill more than 60 cows in southern Chile

    In one incident nine cows taken cover under a tree were killed and one blinded

    Ranchers in southern Chile say a series of lightning strikes has killed more than 60 of their dairy cows, costing the cattle owners thousands of dollars. Torrential storms and lightning on Sunday spawned the strikes in south-central Chile.

  • Tuesday, April 8th 2014 - 07:46 UTC

    Record breaking downpour causes flashfloods and mudslides in seven Argentine provinces

    In some places rainfall registered was almost the annual average

    More than 3.000 people have been forced to abandon their homes in Argentina as torrential rains and flash floods in the last 24 hours hit at least seven provinces. Classes have been suspended, as well as public transport and so have some of the main highways.

  • Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 03:31 UTC

    IAATO moves their office to Newport, Rhode Island

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) which currently has 116 members, announced that their office has moved from Providence to Newport, Rhode Island.

  • Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 03:05 UTC

    The most profitable gas in the world

    Privatizing the pipelines system could raise 50 billion dollars.

    By Robert Bensh of Oilprice.com - There is only one certainty in Ukraine: The energy sector must and will be transformed, and how long this takes will depend on who ends up in the driver's seat and how serious they are about becoming a part of Europe and reducing dependence on Russia. But by then, investors will have missed the boat.

  • Friday, April 4th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

    White House targets methane emissions

    According to the White House, 36% of methane emissions come from agriculture.

    By Nicholas Cunningham of Oilprice.com - On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is an outgrowth of the President's Climate Action Plan announced last year. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, about 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

  • Friday, April 4th 2014 - 05:01 UTC

    Chile assesses extent of earthquake damage; police and military ensure order

    Chilean authorities proved to be well organized to face the telluric episodes in one of the most geological vulnerable areas

    Coastal residents of Chile’s far north spent a second sleepless night outside their homes as major aftershocks continued Thursday following a magnitude-8.2 earthquake that damaged several thousand homes and caused six deaths. But no new major damage or casualties were reported, and a heavy police and military presence kept order.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 06:58 UTC

    Powerful 7.8 magnitude aftershock hits Chile's far north and south Peru

    A second sleepless night away from home for many people

    A powerful 7.8-magnitude aftershock hit Chile's far-northern coast on Wednwsday, shaking the same area where a magnitude-8.2 earthquake hit just a day before causing some damage and six deaths.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:20 UTC

    Earthquake in Chile kills five; north of the country with no power or water

    The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was centered 61 miles northwest of Iquique, next to Chile's main copper mining area

    A strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake has struck off the northwestern coast of Chile, killing at least five people and setting off a small tsunami that prompted evacuations along the country's Pacific coast. Chilean Interior minister Rodrigo Peñalillo confirmed that five people had died, “four are men and a woman in Iquique and Alto Hospicio, caused by heart attack and crushing”.