Venezuela narrowing fuel choices in anti-lead effort

August 2002

Ecuador

Indigenous groups to tap natural gas in Ecuador

A new Ecuadorian natural-gas project has unusual sponsors—Cree Indians from Canada and nine Ecuadorian Amazon indigenous groups, five of which are in danger of extinction. Natural ......

Chile

Patience wears thin for founder of private park

In June of last year, former clothing entrepreneur Douglas Tompkins of the United States got fed up with the Chilean government’s delays in deciding whether ......

Guatemala (Free Read)

Guatemalan official fired, faces charges

Juan Narciso, executive secretary of Guatemala’s National Council of Protected Areas (Conap), has been removed from his post and faces criminal charges in connection with ......

Bolivia

Community forestry taking root in Bolivia

In a wooden schoolhouse surrounded by this region’s rich tropical forest, some 30 members of the Yuqui indigenous community gathered recently to discuss the first ......

Brazil

Ecotourism certification planned for Brazil

Green-travel advocates in Brazil are organizing a national ecotourism-certification system. A broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations unveiled the initiative at a conference here ......

Around the Region

Venezuela narrowing fuel choices in anti-lead effort

Venezuela on Sept. 2 will try to cut lead emissions from cars and trucks by offering motorists just two kinds of gasoline to choose from—a ......

Centerpiece

Doubt clouds major wetland success story

Between 1956 and 1980, modern notions of progress arrived at the isolated Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta—an estuarine lagoon that forms the core of Colombia’s ......

Q&A

He builds parks because for him, the land comes first

Douglas Tompkins, 59, began visiting Chile in the early 1960s to climb and ski in the Andes. In 1990, the U.S.-born entrepreneur sold his stake ......

Venezuela narrowing fuel choices in anti-lead effort

Venezuela on Sept. 2 will try to cut lead emissions from cars and trucks by offering motorists just two kinds of gasoline to choose from—a leaded, 91-octane variety and an unleaded, 95-octane fuel. The move will boost the use of lead-free gasoline immediately—and eventually help eliminate leaded gasoline altogether as Venezuelans trade in older-model cars for new, unleaded-fuel models. “Of the total of 2.26 million gasoline-powered vehicles in Venezuela, some 9% currently use 87-octane gas with lead, 50% use leaded 91-octane, 29% leaded 95-octane, and 12% unleaded 95-octane,” says Orlando Pérez, a fuel-quality specialist with Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), the state oil company. “With the change to two grades, we estimate use... [Log in to read more]

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August 2002

Ecuador

Indigenous groups to tap natural gas in Ecuador

A new Ecuadorian natural-gas project has unusual sponsors—Cree Indians from Canada and nine Ecuadorian Amazon indigenous groups, five of which are in danger of extinction. Natural ......

Chile

Patience wears thin for founder of private park

In June of last year, former clothing entrepreneur Douglas Tompkins of the United States got fed up with the Chilean government’s delays in deciding whether ......

Guatemala (Free Read)

Guatemalan official fired, faces charges

Juan Narciso, executive secretary of Guatemala’s National Council of Protected Areas (Conap), has been removed from his post and faces criminal charges in connection with ......

Bolivia

Community forestry taking root in Bolivia

In a wooden schoolhouse surrounded by this region’s rich tropical forest, some 30 members of the Yuqui indigenous community gathered recently to discuss the first ......

Brazil

Ecotourism certification planned for Brazil

Green-travel advocates in Brazil are organizing a national ecotourism-certification system. A broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations unveiled the initiative at a conference here ......

Around the Region

Venezuela narrowing fuel choices in anti-lead effort

Venezuela on Sept. 2 will try to cut lead emissions from cars and trucks by offering motorists just two kinds of gasoline to choose from—a ......

Centerpiece

Doubt clouds major wetland success story

Between 1956 and 1980, modern notions of progress arrived at the isolated Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta—an estuarine lagoon that forms the core of Colombia’s ......

Q&A

He builds parks because for him, the land comes first

Douglas Tompkins, 59, began visiting Chile in the early 1960s to climb and ski in the Andes. In 1990, the U.S.-born entrepreneur sold his stake ......