Environment

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Falklands' new waste management scheme gets the green light

  

  The revised scheme for the new Waste Management Facility has been approved by the Planning and Building Committee. The new plans are for a waste management facility including a household waste tipping area, a public waste center, an incinerator with a 30-meter high chimney and ash collection bay, and a waste storage area.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 15:34 UTC

  US Court backs DOC change of mind regarding Argentine biodiesel trade

  

  The United States Court of International Trade Wednesday upheld tariffs or Argentine biodiesel which ensued a redefinition by the Department of Commerce which had at first stood against them.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chilean Antarctic bases changing energy sources with German support

  

  The Chilean Antarctic Institute, Inach, Germany's International Cooperation Agency, GIZ, and the Antarctica Foundation 21 have started working in energy options, assessing alternatives for the Chilean bases in the continent, avoiding CO2 emissions, such as green hydrogen.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 08:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro: “we fought the virus and unemployment simultaneously with the same responsibility”

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro highlighted on Tuesday, in New York, Brazil's work on environmental preservation and the fight against climate change. He also emphasized that he always defended fighting the virus and unemployment simultaneously and with the same responsibility, and claimed lockdowns have “left a legacy of inflation, particularly in foodstuffs around the world.”

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Paraguay River reported to be close to historic downspout levels

  

  Paraguayan authorities have reported the Paraguay River is merely 9 centimeters from its all-time low as it dropped yet another 3 centimeters Friday in Asunción.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  British Ambassador at Montevideo's Expo Prado: Falklands stand in the show is aligned with UK theme, climate change

  

  For the eighth year, the United Kingdom participated in Montevideo's Expo Prado Show, annual international livestock and agricultural industry exhibition where the largest productive sector of the Uruguayan economy shows its muscle to the thousands of visitors and private and public exhibitors who turn up for each edition. This year is the second time that Ambassador Faye O'Connor has appeared at the opening of her country's pavilion, which will also house, once again, a Falkland Islands themed stand promoting industry and tourism.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  International Day for Protection of the Ozone Layer, 16 September

  

  The ozone layer, a fragile shield of gas, protects the Earth from the harmful portion of the rays of the sun, thus helping preserve life on the planet. The phase-out of controlled uses of ozone-depleting substances and the related reductions have not only helped protect the ozone layer for this and future generations but have also contributed significantly to global efforts to address climate change; furthermore, it has protected human health and ecosystems by limiting the harmful ultraviolet radiation from reaching the Earth.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 21:22 UTC

  New Research and Monitoring Plan for South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area

  

  A new Research and Monitoring Plan is being launched today to help support the management of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Marine Protection Area, MPA, points out the SGSSI Newsletter.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  New earthquake hits Mexico near Acapulco but floods kill more in Tula

  

  Exactly four years after Mexico was shaken by the second most intense earthquake in its history, a 7.1 magnitude tremor with an epicentre 11 kilometres southeast of Acapulco hit the country again Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:08 UTC

  Europe experienced the hottest summer, EU scientists

  

  Europe experienced its hottest summer so far, a slightly higher than the previous seasons extending from June to August, according to scientists from the European Union.