Environment

• Wednesday, July 8th 2009 - 08:04 UTC

  Mercosur soy bean reserves stand at a minimum

  

  South America’s soy bean reserves suffered a strong reduction following recent sales while the global supply could be affected depending on the US crop and weather in the northern hemisphere according to Oil World latest forecast

• Tuesday, July 7th 2009 - 07:08 UTC

  Magellanic Penguins in southern Chile threatened species

  

  The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN) last week identified a “Red List” of nearly 17,000 plant and animal species in danger of disappearance, and 800 species already extinct.

• Monday, July 6th 2009 - 12:56 UTC

  Long live the all mighty US dollar as reserve currency, says China

  

  Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei said on Sunday the US dollar would continue to be the world's leading reserve currency for years to come. The announcement comes before this week’s summit of the Group of Eight in Italy.

• Friday, July 3rd 2009 - 01:13 UTC

  IMO to Consider Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil in Antarctic Waters

  

  Earlier this week we published the position of CLIA, Cruise Lines International Association on some of the possible effects of the heavy fuel oil ban in Antarctic water for the industry, if the initiative is passed and approved by the International Maritime Organization.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  Antarctica heavy fuels ban effect on Falklands’ tourism to be impressed on London

  

  The potential catastrophic effect of the Antarctic heavy fuel oil ban on the Falkland Islands economy is to be impressed on the British Government by Falklands’ politicians.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:17 UTC

  Chile looks to desalinization plants to supply water-short north

  

  Chile’s Inter-ministry Committee of Hydro Resources thinks it has the solution for the water shortage problems facing the northern city of Copiapo (Region III).

• Saturday, June 27th 2009 - 10:29 UTC

  Met Office forecasts heat wave in UK as of next Monday

  

  Britain could experience a heat-wave next week, the Met Office and the Department of Health said on Friday. Temperatures could reach 32C (89.6F) in London on Monday and Tuesday, with other parts of the country also enjoying prolonged sunshine.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2009 - 11:04 UTC

  Argentina’s glacier continues to flourish in spite of global warming

  

  Faced with daily headlines warning of the dire repercussions of global warming and the havoc in the planet’s polar regions, it may seem like something of an anomaly that Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier has continued to flourish in the face of such ostensible environmental calamity.

• Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:15 UTC

  Clearing the Amazon for cattle and soy a “boom-bust cycle”

  

  Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say. A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed.

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 10:01 UTC

  Shell settles lawsuit in Nigeria to help “reconciliation process”

  

  Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of human rights activists in Nigeria for 15.5 million US dollars, revealed families of those killed. The settlement agreement came this week as the more than decade-long dispute was due to go to trial in a district court in New York.