Central and South America
China’s SPIC invests $147 million in Brazil wind farms, launches solar parks
Chinese electricity company SPIC announced on Wednesday a 780 million reais ($147.41 million) investment in construction of two new wind farms in Northeastern...
Ecuador Indigenous, environmental groups protest Petroecuador gas flaring
Ecuadorean Indigenous organizations and environmental advocacy groups are protesting state-run oil company Petroecuador, saying it is failing to comply with a court order...
Can Mexico’s Sheinbaum shake Lopez Obrador’s oil legacy?
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, could struggle to fulfil environmental pledges due to predecessor who doubled down on fossil fuels
Climate change made devastating Brazil floods twice as likely, scientists say
By combining weather observations with results from climate models, the scientists estimated that climate change had made the event in southern Brazil twice...
Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea level
An island off the coast of Panama is being evacuated as sea levels rise.
El Salvador’s Bukele starts second term amid economic test
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated and plans a city powered by geothermal energy from a volcano.
Giant lithium partnership between Codelco and SQM created in Chile
Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm’s current extraction of lithium, a...
Solar power in Chile: Study explores short-term health benefits of rapid expansion
A new peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, quantifies the short-term health benefits of an explosion in new solar...
Climate change threatens low-lying Caribbean hospitals: UN report
Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure...
Hess shareholders sign off on $53 billion sale to Chevron
Hess shareholders on Tuesday approved the company's $53 billion merger with No. 2 U.S. oil company Chevron, according to preliminary results of the...
