Environment

Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:01 UTC
Buenos Aires City prepares for the coldest Saturday in recent decades

A polar air mass settled in Argentina the week of July 13, pushing temperatures down across the country and causing rare snowfall in the Buenos Aires province. People in downtown Buenos Aires City bundled up against the cold as temperatures ducked down near freezing.
Thursday, July 8th 2010 - 07:24 UTC
Chile Transparency Council orders transgenic seeds’ information be made public

The debate is finally over: early this month Chile’s Transparency Council unanimously ruled that the Agriculture and Livestock Service (SAG) has 15 days to publicize the names and locations of transgenic seed growers in Chile.
Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 20:50 UTC
Otters in southern Chile help contain invasion of exotic mink

With its pert face and furry coat, the slender mink looks like a charming pet. But beneath the sweet façade lies an opportunistic predator that has become a menace to biodiversity in the southern parts of Chile.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:56 UTC
Brazil willing to support Argentina and Uruguay in joint river monitoring

Brazil is willing to help Argentina and Uruguay with the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay which is at the heart of a pulp mill standing dispute between both countries. Argentina and Uruguay Foreign Affairs ministers are scheduled to meet Tuesday in Montevideo to address the issue.
Monday, June 28th 2010 - 22:16 UTC
Reducing meat and milk consumption helps lower greenhouse gas emissions

Reducing the consumption of meat and dairy products and improving agricultural practices could decrease global greenhouse gas emissions substantially. By 2055 the emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from agriculture could be cut by more than eighty percent, researchers of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research find.
Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 04:42 UTC
Lula da Silva skips G20 because of floods and presidential election

Brazilian President Lula da Silva has cancelled plans to attend the G-20 economic summit in Toronto, Canada after flooding in the northeast of the country left at least 51 people dead and 120,000 others homeless.
Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:56 UTC
Uruguay concerned with Argentina’s construction of atomic power plant

Uruguay is considering an alleged Argentine violation of the UN Nuclear Security Convention since it was never notified of the construction of the Atucha II atomic power plant, 100 kilometres to the north of the capital Buenos Aires and which is one of the country’s main public works.
Tuesday, June 15th 2010 - 05:09 UTC
UK doubling inspection and reviewing standards of drilling rigs

Britain is doubling inspection of drilling rigs after the BP oil spill, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne informed Parliament. He told MPs a review of standards had been carried out but with the beginning of exploration in deeper waters west of Shetland, “we must be vigilant”.
Monday, June 14th 2010 - 04:04 UTC
Viral epidemic for third year in a row ravages French oyster farms

French oyster-growers are facing ruin because of a viral epidemic that for a third year in a row has been wiping out millions of baby shellfish. From the Mediterranean coast to the bay of Arcachon on the Atlantic and now Brittany, farmers have been watching in dismay in recent weeks as the virus once again moved northwards, keeping pace with the rising sea temperature.
Friday, June 11th 2010 - 23:23 UTC
Chilean Senators want International Whaling Commissioner ousted

Chilean senators Juan Pablo Letelier and Guido Girardi met this week with the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Schmidt, to plead the removal of Chilean Cristián Maquieira from his position as chairman of the International Whaling Commission.