US couple donates land to Argentine park
Source: NewKerala
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-18 01:04:39 -0700 | green-news
The donation was formalized at a ceremony presided over by Argentine Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer, who described the CLT's action as "moving". Nine years ago, the CLT provided 60,000 hectares of land to create Monte Leon National Park, also in...
Chevron to the rescue of YPF's shale project
Source: United Press International
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-17 04:24:09 -0700 | green-news
U.S. oil and gas major Chevron will invest $1.5 billion in Argentina's ambitious shale development project in Patagonia despite energy industry skepticism over Argentine President Cristina Fernandez keeping promises made during negotiations.
Africa: Global Harvests Projected to Reach Record Levels
Source: All Africa
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-13 13:38:11 -0700 | green-news
Washington Global production of rice, coarse grains and oilseeds will reach record highs during the 2013-2014 marketing year, while wheat production will be up 3 percent over the previous year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports in its World Agricultural...
Pope calls indigenous rights group in Argentina
Source: Ansa
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-13 10:11:59 -0700 | green-news
A human rights group in Argentina said on Monday that it recently received a telephone call from Pope Francis expressing his support for the South American ethnic indigenous group Qom, inhabitants of the country's Gran Chaco region. Gustavo Vera, head...
VIDEO: Lost Argentine town re-emerges
Source: BBC
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-11 02:27:53 -0700 | green-news
Lost Argentine town re-emerges from lake 11 May 2013 Last updated at 04:58 ET A tourist town in Argentina, which had been submerged under water for almost 25 years, is once again attracting visitors. Epecuen used to be a popular...
Changing weather and changing crops on the south coast
Source: Vancouver Sun
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-10 19:56:31 -0700 | green-news
An increasingly warm climate means among other things the chance to grow new plant varieties previously unheard of. The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium predicts a two-degree increase in temperature and 20 more frost-free days by 2070. But warmer winters are...
Manila Water sees September finish of new sewage treatment plant
Source: GMA News
San Juan :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-09 01:13:17 -0700 | green-news
P6.1 billion sewage treatment plant in Taguig City in September. The construction of Taguig North Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is part of Manila Water's efforts to help reduce pollution in Metro Manila rivers, especially the Pasig River, which flows to...
Puerto Rico takes over ex-US naval station land
Source: The Boston Globe
San Juan :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-07 23:51:40 -0700 | green-news
Puerto Rico (AP) More than 8,700 acres (3,500 hectares) that once formed part of a busy U.S. naval station in eastern Puerto Rico have been turned over to the government of the U.S. territory, the island's governor said Tuesday. The...
Heavy Colorado storms boost snowpack, northern reservoirs may refill
Source: The Denver Post
San Juan :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-07 00:04:59 -0700 | green-news
Snow continued falling in the Colorado mountains in April, boosting snowpack statewide by 9 percentage points during a time that runoff season typically begins. As of May 1, the Natural Resources Conservation Service snow survey showed the statewide snowpack at...
Barrick: Argentine side of Pascua Lama continues
Source: Boston.com
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-30 14:29:51 -0700 | green-news
Argentina (AP) Work will continue on the Argentine side of Barrick Gold Corp.'s Pascua Lama mine even though construction has been ordered stopped on the Chilean side, the Canadian company and Argentine officials said Tuesday. A Chilean court suspended work...
Opinions Deeply Divided Over Fracking in Argentina
Source: Inter Press Service
Comodoro Rivadavia :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-30 10:36:41 -0700 | green-news
IPS Articles Fracking is a highly controversial issue in the United States and Canada and has been banned in France and Bulgaria, but is moving forward in Argentina, which is believed to offer enormous shale gas potential. Diego di Risio...
Sedgwick County Zoo to release birds to South America exhibit
Source: Kansas.com
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-29 10:24:08 -0700 | green-news
On Tuesday, the zoo will release 25 puna ibis and nine roseate spoonbills to the South America exhibit. Those birds and other species in the Australia and South America exhibits spent the winter off-exhibit. More birds and mammals will follow...
China launches hi-res observation satellite
Source: China News
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-26 07:55:49 -0700 | green-news
The Long-March 2D rocket carrying the Gaofen-1 satellite an observation satellite developed by China to provide high-resolution pictures blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China's Gansu province, on April 26, 2013. The rocket also carried three...
Argentine farming disarray seen to affect output
Source: United Press International
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-24 11:54:09 -0700 | green-news
Argentine government policies are affecting agricultural output and are blamed for creating imbalances in the sector, independent data indicated. Farmers said they expect to plant more wheat this season in response to a government policy review but the wheat harvest...
Fracking campaign under way in Argentina
Source: United Press International
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-04-17 04:24:42 -0700 | green-news
Three wells in Argentina were subjected to a hydraulic fracturing campaign to coax additional natural resources from the ground, President Energy announced. President, which has headquarters in London, said fracking operations are under way at the Puesto Guardian concession in...
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