Environment

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:10 UTC

  Brazilian court orders resumption of work at controversial dam in the Amazon

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has approved the resumption of work on the controversial 13 billion dollars Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, which was stopped earlier this month after protests from indigenous groups.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:56 UTC

  Falklands’ Shallow Marine Survey Group shares beauty of South Georgia waters

  

  The Shallow Marine surveys Group, which normally operates around the Falkland Islands, completed what they described as a, “highly productive expedition,” to South Georgia earlier this year, exploring the sub-tidal and inter-tidal habitats along the island’s north coast.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:29 UTC

  Obama warns of flooding and evacuations as hurricane Isaac advances on the Gulf Coast

  

  ”President Barack Obama warned residents of the Gulf Coast Tuesday that there could be significant flooding from Tropical Storm Isaac and encouraged people to evacuate if instructed by authorities to do so.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 04:58 UTC

  Rapidly eroding ice cap and thickness makes the Arctic even more vulnerable

  

  Arctic has lost more sea ice this year than at any time since satellite records began in 1979, Nasa says. Scientists involved in the calculations say it is part of a fundamental change. What is more, sea ice normally reaches its low point in September so it is thought likely that this year's melt will continue to grow.

• Monday, August 27th 2012 - 04:21 UTC

  Venezuela’s biggest refinery fire and explosion kills 41, hundreds injured

  

  Venezuela's biggest refinery is on track to restart within two days, the Energy minister said on Sunday, a day after an explosion and fire there killed 41people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2012 - 20:07 UTC

  US families dump 40% of their food every year, says environmental group

  

  Americans throw away nearly half their food every year, waste worth roughly 165 billion dollars annually or 2.275 dollars per average family, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Natural Resources Defence Council

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 21:14 UTC

  Insufficient harvests and soaring prices anticipate another world food crisis

  

  With droughts parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and persistent hunger in Africa's Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis, experts say.

• Monday, August 20th 2012 - 20:55 UTC

  Falklands appoint landscape impact assessment consultant for new harbour development

  

  The Falkland Islands government has appointed Macclesfield based consultancy Tyler Grange to undertake a landscape and visual impact assessment for a new harbour development near the capital Stanley.

• Saturday, August 18th 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Tropical fish moving south because of climate change says Australian report

  

  Australia’s Marine Climate Change 2012, released on Friday, provides evidence of a large-scale redistribution of marine species in ecosystems around Australia. Dr Elvira Poloczanska, who led the study, says there's a lot of uncertainty about the long-term impacts.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazilian court listens to natives claims and suspends work on Belo Monte dam

  

  A Brazilian federal court has ordered the immediate suspension of work on the controversial Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, ruling that indigenous communities were not consulted. It was set to be the world's third-largest dam.