Environment

• Friday, July 3rd 2009 - 01:13 UTC

  IMO to Consider Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil in Antarctic Waters

  

  Earlier this week we published the position of CLIA, Cruise Lines International Association on some of the possible effects of the heavy fuel oil ban in Antarctic water for the industry, if the initiative is passed and approved by the International Maritime Organization.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:26 UTC

  Antarctica heavy fuels ban effect on Falklands’ tourism to be impressed on London

  

  The potential catastrophic effect of the Antarctic heavy fuel oil ban on the Falkland Islands economy is to be impressed on the British Government by Falklands’ politicians.

• Thursday, July 2nd 2009 - 04:17 UTC

  Chile looks to desalinization plants to supply water-short north

  

  Chile’s Inter-ministry Committee of Hydro Resources thinks it has the solution for the water shortage problems facing the northern city of Copiapo (Region III).

• Saturday, June 27th 2009 - 10:29 UTC

  Met Office forecasts heat wave in UK as of next Monday

  

  Britain could experience a heat-wave next week, the Met Office and the Department of Health said on Friday. Temperatures could reach 32C (89.6F) in London on Monday and Tuesday, with other parts of the country also enjoying prolonged sunshine.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2009 - 11:04 UTC

  Argentina’s glacier continues to flourish in spite of global warming

  

  Faced with daily headlines warning of the dire repercussions of global warming and the havoc in the planet’s polar regions, it may seem like something of an anomaly that Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier has continued to flourish in the face of such ostensible environmental calamity.

• Friday, June 12th 2009 - 18:15 UTC

  Clearing the Amazon for cattle and soy a “boom-bust cycle”

  

  Cutting down Amazon forest for cattle and soy does not bring long-term economic progress, researchers say. A study of 286 Amazon municipalities found that deforestation brought quick benefits that were soon reversed.

• Thursday, June 11th 2009 - 10:01 UTC

  Shell settles lawsuit in Nigeria to help “reconciliation process”

  

  Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the firm of complicity in the executions of human rights activists in Nigeria for 15.5 million US dollars, revealed families of those killed. The settlement agreement came this week as the more than decade-long dispute was due to go to trial in a district court in New York.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2009 - 09:33 UTC

  World celebrates “one ocean, once climate, one future”

  

  The world’s oceans generate most of the oxygen we breathe, supply us with food, regulate our climate, clean the water we drink, and offer a pharmacopoeia of potential medicines.

• Monday, June 8th 2009 - 14:04 UTC

  World airlines 'face $9bn loss'

  

  The global airline industry has nearly doubled its expected losses for the year to $9bn amid what it calls an unprecedented crisis.

• Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:51 UTC

  Hamburg-Sud largest container vessel tested Montevideo port’s efficiency

  

  Hamburg Sud “Rio de la Plata”, the first of a newbuilding series of six identical vessels with a slot capacity of 5.900 containers (and 1.365 reefer container plugs) called last month in Montevideo.