Crisis
fuels Argentina's drive for natgas cars
Argentina
spearheads use of CNG in vehicles and leads the world in the number
of natural-gas cars with about 800,000.
Reuters
April 07 03
Codelco
smelter's gas conversion ready in July
Chile's
state-owned copper company Codelco says it expects to complete project
to convert its El Teniente mine to natural gas from diesel in July
2003.
Planet
Ark
March 18 03
Indigenous
Struggle in Ecuador Becomes a "Cause Beyond Control"
Ecuador's
Ministry of Environment agrees to allow two transnational companies
to cancel their oil concession contracts because of determined opposition
of people who live in the concession areas.
CorpWatch
March 13 03
Venezuelans
line up for gas
Venezuelans
form long queues at closed gas stations during countrywide strike
aimed at toppling the president.
The
Edmonton Sun
Dec 28 02
Court
orders Venezuelan oil workers to end strike... as supplies of oil
run dry
Venezuelan
Supreme Court orders striking oil employees to restart paralyzed petroleum
industry and issues temporary injunction to prevent irreparable damage
to the economy.
San
Francisco Chronicle
Dec 20 02
Glaciers'
loss could spur crisis
Bolivia
- glaciers of the central Andes are vanishing because of global warming
driven at least in part by pollution.
Orlando
Sentinel
Nov 24 02
Brazil,
China Discuss Fuel Technology Swaps
Brazil
and China begin negotiations on technology exchanges on the use of
alcohol as fuel in internal combustion engines.
People's
Daily
Nov 09 02
Brazil's
Petrobras evacuates offshore oil rig
Oil
giant Petrobras admits evacuation of offshore oil platform due to
problems that could cause the platform to sink.
Planet
Ark
Oct 15 02
Mexico
City In Pollution Emergency
Mexico
city declares its first pollution alert in almost three years after
ozone levels reached about 2 times acceptable limits.
The
Guardian
Sept 19 02
Spain's
Iberdrola plans big Brazil wind-power park
Spanish
energy company Iberdrola plans to build the biggest wind power generation
park in Brazil.
Forbes/Reuters
Sept 13 02
Green
fuel rules increase refinery emissions - Total
Oil
giant TotalFinaElf says new environmental fuel specifications to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions from cars risk simply increasing the same
emissions from oil refineries.
Planet
Ark
Sept 08 02
Oilmen's
"green" pledges met with disbelief in Rio
Brazil
- Oil companies pledge to protect the environment and foster sustainable
development, but environmental groups skeptical.
Planet
Ark
Sept 06 02
Amazon
Indians lose appeal of Texaco case ruling
Rainforest
Indians of Ecuador and Peru lose appeal for nine-year-old litigation
against oil giant, Texaco, alleging that toxic dumping devastated
their environment and exposed residents to cancer-causing pollutants.
Planet
Ark
Aug 21 02
Air
Pollution in Chile
Santiago
now ranks as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Green
Nature
Aug 09 02
Brazil
may earn pollution credits from forestry
Pilot
forestry project could earn Brazil tradeable pollution credits under
the Kyoto protocol.
Planet
Ark
Aug 06 02
Cold
snap killing Peru's llamas, alpacas
El
Nino blamed for cold snap that has blanketed southern Peru with snow,
killed 22 people, and is taking its toll on llamas and alpacas that
are a mainstay of Peru's rural economy.
Planet
Ark
July 18 02
U.S.
environmentalist booted from Ecuador
U.S.
environmental activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill deported from
Ecuador after her arrest for protesting oil pipeline being built through
a nature reserve.
CNN
July 18 02
Brazil
in bid to save green summit from disaster
Brazil
launches bid to save this year's Earth Summit from disaster.
The
Independent
June 30 02
Brazil
cane industry pushes for new alcohol program
Experts
recommend new Pro-Alcohol Program given advances in car engines that
can now adjust to mixed fuels.
Planet
Ark
June 21 02
El
Nino Seen Sparing S.America for Next 3 Months
Ecuador
- Experts say South America's Pacific coast should be spared the potentially
devastating impact of the el Nino weather phenomenon for at least
the next three months.
Reuters
June 21 02
Costa
Rica's New "Environmental" President to Meet with President
Bush
Bush
administration pressuring President Pacheco to reverse his stand on
banning offshore oil drilling.
Environmental
News Network
June 07 02
Mexico
must crack down on diesel trucks - scientist
Top
expert on Mexico City pollution says crack down on smoke-spewing old
trucks and buses needed to see improvement in 20-year effort to cut
pollution.
Yahoo!/Reuters
June 07 02
Andes
deforestation threatens Colombia's water
Deforestation
destroying Colombia's fragile high mountain ecosystems; the nation's
abundant supplies of fresh water may be reduced by 40 percent over
the next half century.
Planet
Ark
June 03 02
Pioneer
Brazil seeks to crank up alcohol motor again
World
oil market uncertainty may prove may mean resurection of car which
runs on cane-based 96-proof hydrous ethanol, or alcohol.
Planet
Ark
June 03 02
New
Climate Study Challenges Thinking On Large-Scale, Global Climate Change
National
Science Foundation-funded study of past climate changes in South American
challenges traditional understanding of the mechanisms that triggered
the advance and retreat of glaciers.
Science
Daily
May 31 02
Shell
Brazil unit may be shut as toxic case looms
Rio
De Janeiro - Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell may shut down fuel unit in
Brazil amid second investigation of alleged environmental and health
damage caused by its toxic pesticide operations.
Planet
Ark
May 24 02
Antarctica
runs hot and cold; scientists blame wind, ozone
If
the Earth is getting warmer, why are vast parts of Antarctica getting
colder?
Detroit
News
May 16 02
Environmental
fray over Ecuador pipeline heats up
Ecuador
- campaign heats up against Ecuadorean oil pipeline to go through
swath of protected forest 16 miles (25 km) west of Quito.
Planet
Ark
May 15 02
