Environment

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:16 UTC

  Bolivian will resume month-long protests against a road in the Amazon

  

  Bolivian demonstrators opposed to the construction of a road in the Amazon vowed on Wednesday to resume a month-long protest march that has become a major challenge to leftist President Evo Morales.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Brazilian judge orders halt to construction of third largest dam in the world

  

  A judge in Brazil has ordered a halt to construction of a multi-billion-dollar dam project in the Amazon region. Judge Carlos Castro Martins barred any work that would interfere with the natural flow of the Xingu river.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:36 UTC

  Chilean company farming algae for future production of bio-fuels

  

  BAL Chile SA is dedicated to farming algae on the island of Chiloé and in a second stage, plans to produce bio-fuels for industrial use, announced the company’s CEO Benjamin González.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 19:53 UTC

  HMS Protector ready for Antarctica; no helicopter on maiden deployment

  

  Icebreaker HMS Protector, formerly MV Polarbjørn, has spent the spring and summer steadily being converted into a hydrographic survey ship to plug the gap left by HMS Endurance which nearly sank during a flooding incident in late 2008.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 11:24 UTC

  Bowhead whales from Greenland and Alaska mingle along the Arctic passage

  

  Bowhead whales, the giants of the Arctic, are using the Northwest Passage to move across the top of the Americas. Skeletons, DNA samples and harpoon heads have all suggested that bowhead populations living on each side of the continent did meet and mingle.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2011 - 01:12 UTC

  US diplomatic measures to make Iceland desist of its whaling activities

  

  US President Barack Obama announced diplomatic measures to be taken by the United States against Iceland in condemnation of its whaling activities.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Times Atlas triggers controversy on the rate of Greenland’s ice loss

  

  The Times Atlas of the World exaggerated the rate of Greenland's ice loss in its thirteenth edition last week, scientists said on Monday.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Flights to Bariloche in Argentine Patagonia back to normal after 4 months of ashes

  

  After months of inconveniences and troubles caused by the Chilean Puyehue volcano eruption, an airplane finally touched down Saturday at the airport tarmac of the Argentine Patagonia sky resort of Bariloche.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 15:59 UTC

  UK wants to end £ 12bn throw-away of edibles, issues new label dates guidance

  

  The British government has issued new guidance for the food industry on the use of food label dates amid growing concerns at the amount of food that is wasted each year by UK households.

• Thursday, September 15th 2011 - 07:16 UTC

  Brazil mourns death of creator of the controversial ‘bio-diesel’

  

  Brazilian scientist Expedito Jose de Sá Parent, 70, who is considered the creator of bio-diesel died this week in Fortaleza. President Dilma Rousseff paid tribute to the researcher who developed the ‘green’ fuel from oilseeds.