Tag: Ecological disaster

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Repsol ordered to stop loading or unloading crude in Peru's Pacific waters

  

  Peruvian authorities Monday ordered Spanish oil company Repsol to stop loading and unloading crude oil on ships after a spill in January has caused a major environmental crisis in the Pacific Ocean off the province of Callao near Lima.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Ecological disaster: fires destroying Brazil's wetlands suffering the worst drought in 47 years

  

  Fires are raging in the wetlands of west-central Brazil, leaving behind a vast swath of charred ruins in a paradise of biodiversity. The enormous fires have destroyed nearly 12% of the world’s largest tropical wetland, partially reducing to ashes one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet.