Argentine president requests funding for 4th nuclear plant

September 2016

Brazil

Brazil looks to rank high on list for REDD+ funding

Brazil is gearing up to tap REDD+, the UN-backed strategy to promote economic incentives for improved forest protection in developing nations as a means of ......

Peru

U.S. prods Peru to boost controls on illegal timber

The U.S. government has been urging Peru to take stronger steps to combat illegal logging ever since the two countries signed a free-trade agreement seven ......

Bolivia—Peru

IDB and EU to help finance Lake Titicaca cleanup

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the European Union have agreed to make US$85.7 million in financing available to help fund cleanup of Lake Titicaca, ......

Brazil

Forest study estimates “carbon emissions debt”

A recent study of tropical deforestation from 1950 through 2009 suggests that carbon emissions and species extinction related to land clearing persist longer beyond the ......

Argentina

Glacier-protection effort gains after Barrick spills

In 2008, the Argentine Congress passed the nation’s first-ever legislation to protect glaciers, crowning a campaign by green groups to spare Andean ice fields from ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Wind-power push on Isthmus of Tehuantepec meets some resistance

The winds that whip across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico’s Oaxaca state are strong enough to knock a man to his feet and strip ......

Q&A

UN rapporteur sees indigenous rights as key to forest protection

Proponents of action on climate change typically advocate such steps as converting to clean energy, encouraging compact development patterns and producing low-carbon materials and foods. ......

Argentine president requests funding for 4th nuclear plant

Argentine President Mauricio Macri has decided to continue pursuing one of the bigger-ticket—and controversial—projects pending from his predecessor, Cristina Kirchner: construction of Argentina’s fourth nuclear power plant. In the 2017 budget he submitted to Congress on Sept. 19, Macri requested US$9 billion in borrowing authority to build Atucha III, an 800-megawatt nuclear power station whose construction was approved in 2009 but has yet to be funded. The budget request marks the first action on atomic power by Macri, who took office on Dec. 10, 2015 and has sent signals since then that Argentina has no plans to put its nuclear capability to military use. In March, Macri headed Argentina’s delegation to the fourth Nuclear Security Summit, an international meeting that... [Log in to read more]

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September 2016

Brazil

Brazil looks to rank high on list for REDD+ funding

Brazil is gearing up to tap REDD+, the UN-backed strategy to promote economic incentives for improved forest protection in developing nations as a means of ......

Peru

U.S. prods Peru to boost controls on illegal timber

The U.S. government has been urging Peru to take stronger steps to combat illegal logging ever since the two countries signed a free-trade agreement seven ......

Bolivia—Peru

IDB and EU to help finance Lake Titicaca cleanup

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the European Union have agreed to make US$85.7 million in financing available to help fund cleanup of Lake Titicaca, ......

Brazil

Forest study estimates “carbon emissions debt”

A recent study of tropical deforestation from 1950 through 2009 suggests that carbon emissions and species extinction related to land clearing persist longer beyond the ......

Argentina

Glacier-protection effort gains after Barrick spills

In 2008, the Argentine Congress passed the nation’s first-ever legislation to protect glaciers, crowning a campaign by green groups to spare Andean ice fields from ......

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Argentine president requests funding for 4th nuclear plant

Centerpiece (Free Read)

Wind-power push on Isthmus of Tehuantepec meets some resistance

The winds that whip across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico’s Oaxaca state are strong enough to knock a man to his feet and strip ......

Q&A

UN rapporteur sees indigenous rights as key to forest protection

Proponents of action on climate change typically advocate such steps as converting to clean energy, encouraging compact development patterns and producing low-carbon materials and foods. ......