Tag: Environmental disaster

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Drought and wildfires devastating South America's wetlands and forests

  

  Experts say the wildfires in a region that spans Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay – especially the region between the Paraguay, Parana, and Uruguay rivers – have become critical in 2020.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Venezuelan tanker listing dangerously: fears of a catastrophic spill of 1,3 million barrels of crude

  

  Concerns are growing that an oil tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil could spill its load into the sea between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, causing an ecological catastrophe.

• Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's oil slick heading to unique coral reefs; Navy has cut down possible culprits of the spill to ten vessels

  

  With mystery oil slicks still moving down Brazil's coast, the Brazilian Navy sent more ships on Thursday to try to prevent the pollution of unique coral reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago marine park, a haven of South Atlantic Ocean biodiversity.

• Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 05:47 UTC

  Environmental disaster: Owner of cargo ship grounded in Solomon Islands coral reef apologizes

  

  The owner of a grounded cargo ship that is leaking oil into World Heritage-listed waters in the Solomon Islands has apologized for the environmental disaster but denied the crew were drunk when the accident happened.