Environment

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:24 UTC

  North Pole Waters Will Soon Be Ice Free New Report Says

  

  The north Atlantic current flowing in to the Arctic Ocean is warmer that it has been for at least 2000 years and is a sign that global warming is likely to bring ice free seas around the North Pole in a few years time, a new study finds

• Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:16 UTC

  Work Gets Underway on Amazonian Hydro Project

  

  Building will now begin on what will be the world's third-largest hydroelectric dam after Ibama, Brazil's environment agency, gave the go-ahead for the controversial $17 billion (£10.6 billion) project.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 20:58 UTC

  Tenders for Three Winds Farms in Uruguay Awarded

  

  A Spanish firm and two Argentine ones have been awarded tenders to build wind farms. Spanish Teyma and the Argentine Impsa and Fingano will invest around U$ 300 million in the project.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 20:51 UTC

  Cruise Costs to Increase Due To Rise in Fuel Costs

  

  British holidaymakers wanting to go on a cruise are going to have to shortly pay more as UK based operators announced they are set to begin charging fuel supplements.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:19 UTC

  Half a Million Chileans Fall into Poverty Following Earthquake

  

  Chile’s Planning Minister Felipe Kast and Housing Minister Magdalena Matte met yesterday at Cerro Navia to announce the results of Chile’s Post Earthquake Survey (EPT). The survey’s aim was to measure the social impact of the February. 27, 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake on poverty, property, and psychological well-being in Chile.

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 00:18 UTC

  Rains in Brazil Oust Over 25,000 From Homes

  

  Over 25,000 people have been forced to move out of their homes in the Serrana region in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janiero, because of the devastating rains and mudslides. which lasted thirteen days and killed over 800 people, authorities said..

• Monday, January 24th 2011 - 17:22 UTC

  Work at Yacyreta Finalises in February

  

  Work at the hydro-electric complex Yacyreta will finalise at the end of next month, when the dam reaches 83 metres above sea level, as stipulated in its original design, executive director of the Bi-national Entity Yacyreta (EBY) Oscar Thomas informed

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 17:46 UTC

  UNASUR Statement in Support of Haiti One Year after the January 12, 2010 Earthquake

  

  The Member States of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) wish to express their continued support to the Government and people of Haiti in the extremely difficult circumstances that have prevailed since the devastation caused by the fateful earthquake that struck the country on January 12, 2010.One year later, we join with the people of Haiti and the world over in remembering the victims of that tragedy.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 17:41 UTC

  UNASUR Statement on the Flooding and Mudslides in Brazil

  

  The Member States of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) wish to express their heartfelt sympathy to the Government and people of Brazil, particularly the relatives and friends of those who lost their lives, their homes and to those injured in the recent flooding and mudslides which occurred in southeastern, Brazil on January 12, 2011.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 16:59 UTC

  Impact of Rainfall in Brazil Is Worse Than That of Chilean Earthquake

  

  The torrential rainfall that Brazil has been experiencing for the past week has had an even bigger impact on the population than that of the earthquake Chile experienced in 2010, said a member of the military who had worked in Chile and now runs a makeshift hospital where victims of the worst natural disaster that Brazil has experienced are being treated.