Trains collide near Buenos Aires
Source: CNN
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-06-13 06:03:58 -0700 | green-news
At least 150 people were hurt in the accident, which occurred in a western suburb. TV footage showed rescuers rushing to the scene to evacuate people.
China import deal boosts Argentina's genetically modified crops
Source: United Press International
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-06-11 14:06:46 -0700 | green-news
Argentina is celebrating an agricultural success in China that is seen likely to blunt advocacy groups' frequent campaigns against genetically modified food crops. China approved three types of Argentina's GM soybean for consumption, including the RR2BT seed resistant to herbicides,...
Football: Away fans banned in Argentina after supporter death
Source: Inquirer.net
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-06-11 13:05:16 -0700 | green-news
Away supporters have been banned from attending games in the Buenos Aires province following the fatal shooting of a fan on Monday night. It was the third time this year a supporter had been killed during football-related violence. The Lanus...
Man-Made Lights Are Killing Endangered Sea Turtles
Source: BusinessInsider
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-06-10 16:11:50 -0700 | green-news
Light pollution along the Mediterranean is changing the nesting habits of sea turtles in Israel, according to new research. Orbital pictures of the region, coupled with sea turtle nesting data from Israel's National Parks Authority, revealed that the species of...
Global warming places Southeast Asia, India at higher risk of flood
Source: GMA News
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-06-10 00:40:22 -0700 | green-news
Rising carbon emissions will place parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the northern Andes at a higher risk of extreme floods, a study published on Sunday says. Global warming will boost the frequency at which exceptional floods...
Can Argentina be weaned from its addiction to oil?
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-31 10:32:54 -0700 | green-news
The four-person family wasn't connected to the city's gas network, so they bought gas in propane tanks, heated water on the stove, and then carried it to the bathroom.
Argentina, Repsol struggle to bridge gap over YPF compensation
Source: Reuters
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-23 06:33:26 -0700 | green-news
Topics A sign with the YPF Gas logo is seen outside a gas distributor in Moreno, Buenos Aires province, April 19, 2012. A year after Argentina seized the local business of Spanish oil firm Repsol ( REP.MC ), there seems...
BURRACK: Sowing the seeds of farm failure
Source: The Washington Times
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-21 04:17:43 -0700 | green-news
When Americans suspect that the United States is becoming Europe, we don't mean that our art museums are getting a lot better. Instead, we worry about the encroachments of a growing bureaucracy that is smothering freedom and innovation...Department of Agriculture...
Crisis-hit Argentine biodiesel sector eyes U.S. market
Source: The Globe & Mail
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2013-05-24 07:55:16 -0700 | green-news
Argentina is pursuing U.S. environmental approval to export biodiesel more easily to that market and revitalize a local industry in crisis due to trade problems with the European Union, Argentina's main biofuels chamber said on Monday. The head of the...
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...
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