News of environment

Incoming UN climate agency chief forecasts wind of change

Today 08:34 Celeste Saulo, the head of Argentina's Servicio Meteorológico Nacional since 2014 and the new incoming head of the UN's weather and climate agency, insists it's not too late to change how the climate crisis story ends.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

France: EU-Mercosur trade deal still long way from being signed

Yesterdat 13:34 Free-trade agreement is not close to being signed, French diplomatic source says.

ENVIRONMENT

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

01-06-2023 08:42 Celeste Saulo, who has headed Argentina's weather agency since 2014, elected as the first female leader of UN climate agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

31-05-2023 10:13 The World Meteorological Organization, which plays a critical global role in tracking climate change, chooses a new leader this week to turbocharge that work over the next four years. UBA professor and the WMO's first vice-president Celeste Saulo is among the frontunners.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil's Amazonian city of Belém to host COP30 in 2025

28-05-2023 10:21 The city of Belém on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon has been chosen to host the COP30 round of global climate talks in 2025.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

European lawmakers urge environmental protections from Brazil

18-05-2023 20:45 European Union lawmakers tell Brazil to show it is serious about protecting the environment and Amazon rainforest iflong-stalled EU trade deal with Mercosur is to be finalised.

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Half world's largest lakes and reservoirs drying up

18-05-2023 17:16 More than half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are dwindling and placing humanity's future water security at risk, warns new study.

Minerals and metals

EU nears critical-materials agreements with Argentina and Chile

17-05-2023 16:55 EU working on deals with Argentina and Chile that will widen access to critical minerals and metals such as lithium needed for electric-vehicle batteries.

ENVIRONMENT

Patagonia's underwater defence against climate change

16-05-2023 14:27 Kelp forests are crucial for battling climate change by capturing carbon, but more than half of the world's kelp forests have been decimated by human activity and climate change.

ENVIRONMENT

World's 'oldest' tree able to reveal planet's secrets

24-04-2023 10:40 In a forest in southern Chile, protected from fires and logging that decimated the species, a giant alerce tree has survived for thousands of years. Scientists see in its trunk a valuable record of how life adapts to the changes on the planet.

ENVIRONMENT

United Nations reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

21-04-2023 09:45 United Nations says world's glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost cause.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU explores options to tackle Latin America’s green deal worries

20-04-2023 17:34 Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay have expressed concerns about the impact of the European Green Deal.

Oil corruption

Venezuela's oil minister resigns over graft probe

21-03-2023 12:24 Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami resigned on Monday after prosecutors opened a corruption investigation into officials at the state oil company PDVSA.

Rosangela 'Janja' da Silva

Brazil's first lady turns heads, champions causes with fashion

16-03-2023 10:20 Whether sporting her party's colours on her wedding dress, breaking taboos, or rocking eco-friendly clothing, Brazil's new first lady is turning heads and making statements with her fashion choices.

SCORCHING SUMMER

Forests in Corrientes Province burn amid heatwave, drought

14-03-2023 21:27 Raging fires have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in Corrientes Province in just days, officials reported Tuesday.

TRADE & DIPLOMACY

Spain: EU closer than ever to unlock Mercosur trade deal

10-03-2023 10:39 Spain is confident that the European Union can finally unlock a free-trade agreement with a group of South American countries, including Brazil and Argentina, and push forward a process that has dragged on for decades.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Why climate change is the greatest threat to human progress

07-03-2023 15:00 The Human Development Index is flashing red for the first time in three decades and adding to the urgency of reducing greenhouse gases.

Lithium in Latin America

Government moves to stop wetlands bill from foiling lithium boom

07-03-2023 13:07 Government in talks with firms, policy makers to prevent wetlands-protection bill from slamming brakes on lithium exploration.

ENVIRONMENT

EU announces US$865 million for ocean protection in 2023

03-03-2023 10:09 Officials hope the effort helps to ensure more focus on ocean safety in the fight against climate change.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Macron warns EU-Mercosur deal hinges on environment

25-02-2023 15:30 French president says long-delayed trade deal between the EU and four Latin American nations "is not possible" if they do not follow European environmental policies.

ENVIRONMENT

Heat and cold records broken in just five days in Argentina

17-02-2023 22:25 Argentina broke records for heat and cold within a short window of just five days this week, with temperatures plummeting a jaw-dropping 30 degrees Celsius as a heatwave gave way to historic snowfalls.

SWELTERING SUMMER

National Meteorological Service issues health warnings amid record heatwave

11-02-2023 15:17 Buenos Aires residents awoke Saturday to temperatures of 36 degrees Celisus with a predicted high of 38 degrees Celisus, which would be the highest in February in 61 years.

FOREIGN RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY

US, Brazil to seek reset with Biden-Lula meeting

08-02-2023 17:18 The US and Brazil will seek to reset ties this week when President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva travels to Washington to meet Joe Biden, both keen to turn the page on the Jair Bolsonaro years.

CRIME & ENVIRONMENT

Colombia's war on illegal gold mines hits outlaw armed groups

08-02-2023 12:06 Colombian security forces are taking aim at illegal mining for gold which not only provides resources for rebel armed groups, but is also responsible for contaminating water sources with Mercury.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns

18-01-2023 16:11 Chile's government on Wednesday torpedoed a controversial billion-dollar mining project due to be built near a nature reserve that is home to a rare species of penguin.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Two condors born in captivity in Chile ignite hopes of population boost

17-01-2023 12:22 Alhué and Mailén, two Andean condors, were born in captivity at a rehabilitation centre near Santiago. Caretakers hope that they can be released and breed in the Andes to increase the population of the world's largest flying bird.

ENVIRONMENT

Government creates new unit to probe ‘environmental crimes’

16-01-2023 16:50 Argentina’s government has created a new unit to investigate and prevent environmental crimes, responding to the deliberate destruction of terrain for commercial purposes.

ENVIRONMENT

Court approves offshore oil exploration projects off coast of Buenos Aires Province

07-12-2022 14:15 Judges impose three conditions on companies seeking to carry out seismic exploration studies in offshore areas of Mar Argentino.

ENVIRONMENT

Mountains of waste overwhelm Buenos Aires effort to curb methane

03-12-2022 08:43 Norte III landfill operator Ceamse said last year emissions were poised to fall. Satellite observations suggest they haven’t.

CHILE

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

30-11-2022 13:59 Mountains of discarded clothing, a graveyard of shoes, and rows upon rows of scrapped tires and cars blight at least three regions of the arid desert.

ENVIRONMENT

Agriculture and livestock farming devours the forests of Gran Chaco

09-11-2022 15:39 The Gran Chaco indigenous forest, spanning one million square kilometres across three nations, is a little-known victim of 25 years of gradual invasion by agriculture and livestock farming, with deforestation causing immeasurable harm to local fauna and flora.

ARGENTINA

Three recipes for extracting lithium from rocks or salt flats

29-10-2022 10:04 Environmental and economic factors at play for mineral extractors.

Lithium in Latin America

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

27-10-2022 18:08 Global demand has exploded for lithium – the "white gold" found in huge quantities in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. But in Latin America's "lithium triangle," there are growing concerns about the impact on regional groundwater sources and doubts about whether the benefits of a metal bonanza will truly local communities near plants, many of whom live in poverty.

ENVIRONMENT

Severe storms swell Iguazú falls to 10 times normal flow

13-10-2022 17:09 Closures as famed Iguazú waterfalls on the border between Argentina and Brazil have registered 10 times their usual water volume after heavy rains.

Science & Nature

Scientists worried by spate of Península Valdés whale deaths

05-10-2022 11:47 The death of at least 13 southern right whales in recent days in Patagonia has sparked concern among scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame.

ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

Climate and spills in focus as offshore oil gathers pace in Argentina

24-09-2022 06:01 Argentina's government has awarded dozens of tenders to explore for oil in the country’s waters, unleashing conflicts among companies, civil society and the state itself.

Britain's new monarch

The green king: Charles the environmentalist

15-09-2022 10:28 King Charles III's vocal stances on issues including the environment have prompted some criticism that he is departing from constitutional norms which see the royal family remain politically neutral at all times.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

ENVIRONMENT

Authorities demand action against ‘criminal’ Paraná fires

17-08-2022 22:46 Wildfires, believed to have been started intentionally rip through wetlands on islands of Paraná Delta, with heavy smoke hitting provinces of Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, as well as the capital.

Environment

First wild jaguars in 70 years born in Argentina national park

21-07-2022 18:07 Argentina sees the first jaguars born in the wild in 70 years. Rewilding Argentina announced the birth of twins to Arami, a jaguar raised in captivity, who was released into protected wetland.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

18-07-2022 13:18 18 trees lost per second from Brazilian Amazon in 2021, according to new report. Deforestation is up 20 percent.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Ricardo Lorenzetti: ‘We’ve passed from a democracy of projects to vetocracy’

15-07-2022 08:00 Supreme Court justice discusses his experience in and the future of the Judiciary, ecology and the environment, and the problems facing Argentina and the wider world.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Chile's New Constitution

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.

Amazon Rainforest

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

04-07-2022 13:06 Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon reached a record level during the first half of 2022, national space agency reveals.

ENVIRONMENT

Gas supplier TGN defends massive methane releases in Argentina

01-07-2022 16:35 Transportadora de Gas del Norte defends intentional release of methane directly into the atmosphere during planned pipeline work.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer

22-06-2022 14:26 Workers at Chile's state mining company Codelco launched "indefinite" strike on Wednesday, protesting the closure of a foundry.

Murder in the Amazon

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?

COLOMBIA ELECTIONS 2022

Jubilant Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president

20-06-2022 14:35 Ex-guerrilla Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first ever left-wing president after defeating millionaire businessman rival Rodolfo Hernández in run-off.

Latin America

Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president

18-06-2022 01:20 A former leftist guerrilla and a millionaire businessman will go head-to-head on Sunday hoping to become the new president of Colombia.

Colombia Election 2022

Colombians set to vote in high stakes presidential run-off

17-06-2022 18:22 Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off. Opinion polls have leftist Gustavo Petro and businessman Rodolfo Hernández neck-and-neck.

News of environment

Incoming UN climate agency chief forecasts wind of change

France: EU-Mercosur trade deal still long way from being signed

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

Brazil's Amazonian city of Belém to host COP30 in 2025

European lawmakers urge environmental protections from Brazil

Study: Half world's largest lakes and reservoirs drying up

EU nears critical-materials agreements with Argentina and Chile

Patagonia's underwater defence against climate change

World's 'oldest' tree able to reveal planet's secrets

United Nations reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

EU explores options to tackle Latin America’s green deal worries

Venezuela's oil minister resigns over graft probe

Brazil's first lady turns heads, champions causes with fashion

Forests in Corrientes Province burn amid heatwave, drought

Spain: EU closer than ever to unlock Mercosur trade deal

Why climate change is the greatest threat to human progress

Government moves to stop wetlands bill from foiling lithium boom

EU announces US$865 million for ocean protection in 2023

Macron warns EU-Mercosur deal hinges on environment

Heat and cold records broken in just five days in Argentina

National Meteorological Service issues health warnings amid record heatwave

US, Brazil to seek reset with Biden-Lula meeting

Colombia's war on illegal gold mines hits outlaw armed groups

Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns

Two condors born in captivity in Chile ignite hopes of population boost

Government creates new unit to probe ‘environmental crimes’

Court approves offshore oil exploration projects off coast of Buenos Aires Province

Mountains of waste overwhelm Buenos Aires effort to curb methane

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

Agriculture and livestock farming devours the forests of Gran Chaco

Three recipes for extracting lithium from rocks or salt flats

'We don't eat lithium': Latin America longs for benefits of metal boon

Severe storms swell Iguazú falls to 10 times normal flow

Scientists worried by spate of Península Valdés whale deaths

Climate and spills in focus as offshore oil gathers pace in Argentina

The green king: Charles the environmentalist

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

Authorities demand action against ‘criminal’ Paraná fires

First wild jaguars in 70 years born in Argentina national park

Brazilian Amazon lost 18 trees per second in 2021

Ricardo Lorenzetti: ‘We’ve passed from a democracy of projects to vetocracy’

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

Brazil sets new six-month Amazon deforestation record

Gas supplier TGN defends massive methane releases in Argentina

Workers in Chile strike at world's largest copper producer

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

Jubilant Gustavo Petro elected Colombia's first leftist president

Ex-guerrilla takes on maverick in race to be Colombia's president

Colombians set to vote in high stakes presidential run-off

Incoming UN climate agency chief forecasts wind of change

With Brazil’s backing, Argentina wins acceptance to BRICs bank

Alejandro Werner: ‘Argentina cannot sustain the current size of its state’

In distorted Buenos Aires rental market, it's dollar vs peso

Taylor Swift Argentina tickets are a bargain with inflation over 100%

Tragicomedia de Patricia, Mauricio y Horacio

Nuevo director de PERFIL

El peor final

¡Por fin una alegría!

Amalia de Holanda y Elisabeth de Bélgica debutaron como futuras reinas en Jordania