Environment

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

  Mapuche Resistance behind National Park fire, Chubut governor says

  

  Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. “There are indications that the fire was intentional,” he stressed.

• Friday, January 26th 2024 - 15:01 UTC

  Falklands advancing in making MPA energy sustainable with Mare Harbour Wind Farm

  

  Following approval from ExCo on Tuesday 23 January, the Falkland Islands Government in joint working with British Forces South Atlantic will be able to proceed with “in principle approval” for Phase Two of the Mare Harbour Wind Farm.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  NASA acknowledges Uruguay's striking advancements in wind energy integration

  

  In a recent article, NASA's Science Mission Directorate commends Uruguay's impressive strides in rapidly incorporating wind energy into its electricity grid, spotlighting the Peralta wind farm in Tacuarembó, in the center of the country.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

  Falklands consultations on Pollution Prevention, Waste Management and Energy Strategy

  

  Falklands Environment Department reminder of consultations on the development of the Pollution Prevention and Waste Management Policy and the Energy Strategy. One of them this Tuesday at the Malvina Hotel and later visits to Camp settlements at Goose Green, Fox Bay and Hill Cove.

• Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Endangered Andean cat sighted in Argentine province of Neuquén

  

  The environmental organization WCS Argentina Friday reported having sighted a rare cat near the city of Loncopué in the Argentine province of Neuquén.

• Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  No price tag should be placed on nature's services to mankind, Brazilian minister tells WEF

  

  According to Brazil's Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, there should be no pricing services provided by nature given their value to the planet and to human beings. She made those remarks this week during her appearance at one of the panels at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina: New oil spill recorded off Bahía Blanca

  

  Argentine authorities in the city port of Bahía Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires said a new oil spill had been reported after the one late last month. However, this time around the damage would have been controlled in less time, it was explained.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 15:03 UTC

  Pilot working to extinguish a fire in Chile died after crashing on a highway

  

  A Spanish pilot lost his life on Monday when the firefighting plane he was operating crashed in the central Maule region, as reported by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) of Chile.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 11:10 UTC

  Peru: Repsol argues area affected by La Pampilla spill is fit for use

  

  The Spanish oil company Repsol said Monday that the Peruvian beaches affected by the 2022 La Pampilla spill were again fit for travelers.

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:29 UTC

  Norway votes to allow deep-sea mining to ensure a “green transition”

  

  With crossings opened for longer, water supplies restored and UN staff able to safely distribute food, we can limit the scale of this catastrophe. This article was originally published in The Guardian and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.The Parliament of Norway has voted to allow deep-sea mining to go forward in the Norwegian Sea, in an area nearly the size of Italy, and despite warnings from scientists and conservationists of its impact on the marine environment.