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28 Feb 2013 - 10:44 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Brazil, SAO PAULO — The federal Public Prosecutor’s Office in Brazil’s Para state announced on its website this week that it is investigating allegations that the consortium building the controversial Belo Monte Dam h
28 Feb 2013 - 10:53 by Local Press Report
TRENTON (Fox Business) — Argentina's state-run oil company, YPF SA (YPF), could face billions of dollars in environmental-damage claims for the contamination decades ago of a New Jersey river by a long-defunct pesticide pl
28 Feb 2013 - 10:45 by Local Press Report
QUITO (Prensa Latina) — Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa ratified the legitimate defense of national sovereignty in the legal process of 30.000 Amazon applicants against Chevron transnational oil company, which seeks
27 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CHILE, SANTIAGO — Three years after an 8.8-magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Chile’s central coast, the country has repaired two-thirds of the damaged infrastructure, according to Chilean President Sebastian Piñe
27 Feb 2013 - 10:54 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, WASHINGTON DC — Peru is considered one of the countries in South America most vulnerable to climate change, due to water scarcity concerns that are already taking a toll on a “wide spectrum of Peruvian society,”
27 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
PERU, LIMA — Peru is investing over $3.5 billion USD to expand sanitation treatment and water coverage in the capital district.
27 Feb 2013 - 10:57 by Local Press Report
PRAGUE (Marcus Evans) — The 2nd Edition Advanced Water Management for Oil & Gas: Excellent Water Treatment and Produced Water Management to Ensure Profitable Production will be held April 15-17, 2013, i
27 Feb 2013 - 09:29 by Local Press Report
PANAMA CITY (Hydro World) — The Netherlands Development Finance Company and DNB ASA, Norways largest financial services group, will provide a 15-year term loan to the 58 MW Baja Frio project. Owner and developer Founta
27 Feb 2013 - 09:20 by Local Press Report
BERKELEY SPRINGS (CNN International) — The 23rd annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, held in the spa town of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is the largest
26 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Mexico, MEXICO CITY — Mexico could face a crisis due to drought and lack of water supply in the next few months, a Mexican legislator warned last week.
26 Feb 2013 - 09:19 by Local Press Report
LIMA (Adweek) — Lima, Peru, gets about half an inch of rainfall per year. Yet the atmospheric humidity is around 98 percent.
26 Feb 2013 - 09:07 by Local Press Report
MEDELLIN (Colombia Reports) — The Medellin River, a heavily polluted waterway with concrete banks, turned a handsome shade of blue Saturday. Despite the aesthetic improvement, officials suspect environmental crime.
25 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CHILE, SANTIAGO — The Environmental Evaluation Commission in Chile’s Atacama region last week imposed a fine of some $250,000 on Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama mining project over sanitation issues and violations of t
25 Feb 2013 - 10:55 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
HAITI, PORT-AU- PRINCE — The United Nations late last week denied Haitian claims for compensation in the wake of a cholera epidemic brought, widely believed to have been brought to the island nation in October 2010 by UN N
25 Feb 2013 - 08:31 by Local Press Report
PRINCETON (The Conversation) — Increases in humidity caused as a result of climate change are reducing labour productivity and it’s only likely to get worse over time, argue researchers from America’s National Oceanic and Atmosp
25 Feb 2013 - 09:09 by Local Press Report
PANAMA CITY (Energy Business Review) — French multinational electric utility GDF SUEZ has commenced full commercial operations at its 100% owned Dos Mares hydro plant in Panama. Situated in the Chiriqui province, the Dos Mares hy
25 Feb 2013 - 08:56 by Local Press Report
SAO PAULO (Pharmabiz.com) — Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has now issued a guidance on Quality Water Purification Systems for Pharmaceutical Use. While these guidelines are issued early this month
22 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Mexico, SALTILLO — Partial privatization models like those in Saltillo or Ramos Arizpe should be considered for other municipalities in Mexico’s Coahuila state, according to Gerardo Garza Melo, Coahuila’s Minister of
22 Feb 2013 - 10:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
new yorK, ny, united states — Oil giant Chevron this week told New York federal judge Lewis A.
22 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by Local Press Report
CHAROLETTESVILLE (NBC Politics) — In his first major address since taking office three weeks ago, Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience at the University of Virginia Wednesday that Americans must invest more in foreign aid
22 Feb 2013 - 10:42 by Local Press Report
BUENOS AIRES (Agriculture.com) — Argentina's dry fields got a respite this week, as scattered showers gave the developing soybean and corn crops a drink just in time to stem major crop losses. More relief is also on the way,
22 Feb 2013 - 10:36 by Local Press Report
BOSTON (Seeking Alpha) — The report, Global Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten Operational Risks, comes as more miners venture further afield, often to some of the most parched pla
21 Feb 2013 - 10:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
nairoBi, Kenya — Risks from chemical products and Arctic ice melting are this year’s major emerging issues for the global environment, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).
21 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CHILE, SANTIAGO — Santiago water supplier Aguas Andinas, which is facing fines and other legal action over recent water cuts in the Chilean capital, is now under fire for its involvement in the Alto Maipo hydr
21 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The Catholic Church of El Salvador this week asked the Guatemalan government to halt the Cerro Blanco mining project due to pollution concerns.
21 Feb 2013 - 10:18 by Local Press Report
BROWNSVILLE (The Monitor) — More letters are expected to flow south to Mexico’s ambassador to the United States and the International Boundary and Water Commission requesting that Mexico release water owed to the U.S.
21 Feb 2013 - 08:46 by Local Press Report
SAO PAULO (International Service of the Swiss Broadcasting Service) — President Dilma Rousseff on Tuesday raised the monthly stipend of 2.5 million people living below the poverty line to make good on her promise to eradicate extreme poverty in Brazil, a nation with
20 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Ecuador, GUAYAQUIL — Ecuador's Municipal Public Water and Sanitation Company of Guayaquil (EMAPAG-EP) has given private water operator Interagua 15 days to meet its investment obligations.
20 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Mexico, MEXICO CITY — Mexico will soon announce creation of a climate change council, made up of 15 experts who will be in charge of analyzing and advising the government on public policy, according to Minister of Envir
20 Feb 2013 - 10:37 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
LONDON, United Kingdom — The Carbon Trust, a UK-based organization devoted to helping companies, governments and the public sector accelerate the move to a low-carbon economy, this week announced the launch of the world’s
20 Feb 2013 - 08:39 by Local Press Report
PIEDRAS (Colombia Reports) — The Colombian branch of the South African-based gold mining conglomerate AngloGold Ashanti is taking the municipality of Piedras in the central Colombian department of Tolima to court claiming that
20 Feb 2013 - 08:33 by Local Press Report
SAN JOSE (Tico Times) — The Public Services Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) deferred to 2014 an increase in water rates that was intended to help save water during the dry season, which in Costa Rica runs from December to A
19 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
CHILE, SANTIAGO — Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold is denying that activity at its Pascua Lama mine has had no affect on Andean glaciers in the region.
19 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Mexico, NUEVO LAREDO — The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) aims to put an end to all wastewater discharges into the Rio Grande from the cities of Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Juárez, Acuña and Piedras Negras
19 Feb 2013 - 08:54 by Local Press Report
PANAMA CITY (TRUNZ water systems) — On the two small islands Nargana and Chapera two water treatment units have been installed. The two islands are located at 70 - 100 km distance from the mainland and are only reachable
19 Feb 2013 - 10:21 by Local Press Report
KINGSTON (Jamaica Information Services) — The National Water Commission (NWC) has embarked on a $32.5 million USD rehabilitation programme targeting some 445 water tanks islandwide for repairs, among other activities. This undertaki
19 Feb 2013 - 10:12 by Local Press Report
LIMA (Reuters) — Peru plans to invest $3.1 billion USD through 2016 to bring water to all residents in metropolitan Lima, officials said on Monday. About $1 billion USD for the projects would be made availab
18 Feb 2013 - 10:50 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
united states, NEW ORLEANS, LA — The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans last week denied oil giant Chevron’s appeal to shield an expert from discovery obligations in the ongoing legal battle between the company and E
18 Feb 2013 - 01:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent
Colombia, BOGOTA — Cundinamarca Governor Alvaro Cruz Vargas last week announced an investment of $212.5 million USD for water and sanitation projects to address water issues in the Bogota River basin.
18 Feb 2013 - 08:50 by Local Press Report
KINGSTON (Jamaica Gleaner) — The Government seems set to spend just over $1 million USD to conduct yet another study on the possibility of using the country's rivers to generate more electricity despite the many studies alre
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