Environment

Friday, October 21st 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Emergency declared in Uruguay due to poor rainfalls

Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattos Thursday announced the Government had declared a national emergency due to poor rainfalls.
Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 08:01 UTC
“BlackRock’s role in a net-zero carbon

The world's largest assets manager BlackRock (with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022), will not stop investing in oil, natural gas, or coal, told a UK parliamentary committee in written responses to an inquiry on the role of the financial sector in the UK’s net-zero transition.
Monday, October 17th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Plan for first binational Conservationist Park underway in Uruguay River

American billionaire Gilbert Butler has purchased some land he intends to hand over to the Argentine province of Entre Ríos and to the government of Uruguay for eco-tourism purposes, it was reported during the weekend.
Monday, October 17th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Tropical storm Karl leaves one dead in Mexico

One person has died and some 2,000 others have been evicted from their homes in the Mexican state of Chiapas as a consequence of tropical storm Karl, it was reported Sunday.
Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Controversy among NZ farmers with the proposed methane gas tax

The New Zealand government has anticipated a controversial farm that would tax greenhouse gases from animals with the purpose of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Allegedly it would be a first in the world and farmers should be able to recover the expense by raising the price of items that are environmentally friendly.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 21:07 UTC
Uruguayan Economy minister highlights the importance of climate actions

During her appearance in Washington DC at the Center for Global Development (CGD), Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Thursday highlighted the importance of inclusive and sustainable growth.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 08:49 UTC
PAHO sends help to Venezuelan town hit by mudslides

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Wednesday announced it was sending “medicines and medical supplies” to the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías, in the State of Aragua state (central-north), where the number of fatalities has been updated to 43 following mudslides from heavy rains.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 02:47 UTC
President of the Mexican Hunting Federation dies in Argentina after being rammed by a buffalo

The president of the Mexican Hunting Federation, Mario Alberto Canales, died in Argentina when he was rammed by a buffalo he was trying to hunt in the province of Entre Ríos, in the northeast of the country, police sources reported Wednesday.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 02:34 UTC
Parts of Uruguay on brink of agricultural emergency due to poor rains

Uruguay's Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries Minister Fernando Mattos has not ruled out declaring a national emergency due to the water deficit caused by poor rains, despite western and southern parts of the country being the most severely affected by the lack of rainfall during the winter.
Wednesday, October 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
The Falkland Islands and forty years of progress: environment and science

Queen’s University, Belfast, will be hosting a very special academic event dedicated to “The Falkland Islands and Forty Years of Progress: environment and science”, to be held on 20 October at the Elmwood Building, School of Natural and Built Environment, in the Northern Ireland capital.