Environment

• Monday, March 4th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

  Corrientes and Montevideo under water due to heavy rains

  

  The city of Corrientes, the capital of the Argentine province of the same name, was left under water Sunday as 209 millimeters of heavy rains caused floods and material damage while vehicles were swept away by the current. Classes were suspended for Monday amid widespread power outages, with streets turned into temporary rivers.

• Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:31 UTC

  Uruguay signs MOU to produce green hydrogen locally

  

  The Government of Uruguay Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the company HIF for the building of a green hydrogen plant in the department (province) of Paysandú. The US$ 6 billion investment is expected to generate some 3,000 jobs.

• Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 17:55 UTC

  Uruguay first two months 2024 with 100% renewable energy generation and surplus to export

  

  Uruguay managed during the first two months of this year 100% renewable energy generation and had sufficient surplus to supply neighbors Argentina and Brazil, making the local government-owned power company, UTE, the major single exporting company. The information was supplied by the Electric Market Administrators, ADME, which confirmed that 100% of electricity generation is from renewable sources.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 20:27 UTC

  Scientific teams conclude summer studies at Antarctica’s giant Thwaites Glacier

  

  Teams of scientists and support staff with the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, (ITGC) have spent the past couple of months working on the Thwaites Glacier to advance our knowledge of how it interacts with the ocean and climate, and improve the predictions of its future contributions to sea level rise.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:33 UTC

  Falklands National Park consultation on Hill Cove Mountains in West island

  

  The Falkland Islands Environment Department has launched a consultation on the proposed designation of the FIG owned land in the Hill Cove Mountains on West Falkland as a National Park.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 14:20 UTC

  South Georgia expands by 36%, –166.000km2– area closed to fishing activities in its Southern Ocean MPA

  

  The Commissioner for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) has announced plans to extend the spatial extent of No Take Zones in the SGSSI Marine Protected Area (MPA), increasing their area from 283,000km2 to 449,000km2.

• Monday, February 26th 2024 - 04:18 UTC

  UK goes full Net Zero: quits treaty allowing companies to sue green economy policies

  

  Calling it “outdated” the United Kingdom has withdrawn from an international treaty that lets fossil-fuel companies sue governments pursuing climate policies for billions in compensation for lost profits.

• Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  UK Ambassador visits Uruguayan Antarctic Base, praises program's efforts

  

  The Uruguayan Antarctic Institute welcomed United Kingdom Ambassador to Uruguay, Faye O'Connor, to the Artigas Antarctic Scientific Base between February 14th and 19th.

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 16:43 UTC

  Venezuelan authorities confirm death toll of 16 after illegal mine collapse

  

  Venezuelan authorities confirmed the death toll of 16 miners following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in the southern state of Bolivar on Tuesday. Search efforts concluded Friday with no further casualties reported.

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Blinken says other issues need to be solved before tackling climate change

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Thursday in Rio de Janeiro during a press conference at the G-20 convention of Foreign Ministers that multilateral organizations need to solve armed conflicts worldwide before moving on to other agendas such as climate change and social development.