China Reduces Emissions in Search of Blue Skies
BEIJING – The Chinese government is seeking to improve its air quality by reducing emissions of major polluting gases, according to a report presented by the premier at the opening of the parliament’s
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Colombia Government to Heed Court Ruling against Mining in Highland Ecosystems
BOGOTA – Colombia’s government said it would comply with a Constitutional Court ruling that bans all mining activities in the Andean nation’s “paramo,” or alpine tundra, regions. “We receive this decision
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Five-Hour Diagnostic Exam for Zika Developed in Brazil
A group of Brazilian researchers has developed a molecular exam for diagnosing Zika within five hours, a much shorter time than current exams, and the new test will begin being used next week to facilitate
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Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Five Regions of Chile
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale shook five regions along the coast of central Chile, according to the National Seismology Center (NSC). The number of casualties
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Illegal Mining Costs Colombia 13 Billion Liters of Water a Year
BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of water
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El Niño Causing Huge Losses in Cuban Agriculture
The El Niño weather phenomenon is causing millions of dollars in losses in Cuban agriculture, affecting the island’s crops of sugar cane, tobacco, rice, coffee and vegetables, local experts are reporting
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Brazilian Mine That Caused Environmental Disaster Has Another Spill
RIO DE JANEIRO – The Samarco mine in the southeastern city of Mariana, where last November a huge toxic waste spill caused Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, has had a new spill although no victims
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Floods in Uruguay Force More to Leave Their Homes
MONTEVIDEO – The number of people forced from their homes by flooding across four northwestern provinces has increased to 21,991 people, Uruguay’s National Emergency System, or Sinae, said on Wednesday.
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Zika-Linked Microcephaly Cases Rise 7% in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO – The number of Brazilian babies born with abnormally small heads – a condition known as microcephaly – as a result of prenatal infection with the Zika virus rose 7 percent last week, the
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Six Die in Cold Wave in Northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY – At least six people have died in the cold wave affecting the northern Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua, where two cold fronts converged, pushing temperatures below freezing and unleashing
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Report: Brazil Could Have Done More to Ease Poverty
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil made important progress against poverty and chronic inequality during the decade 2004-2014, but could have done even more before the onset of the current economic crisis, according