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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The demand for lithium for EV batteries is driving a mining boom in an arid Andes region of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, home to half the world’s reserves. Hydrologists are warning the mines could drain vital ecosystems and deprive Indigenous communities of precious water. Read more on E360 ?.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A historic heatwave and drought I have been visiting family in Rosario, Argentina, since early December, where heat has been unrelenting with very few days of relief. Rosario is a major grain-exporting port city that sits along the Paraná River, approximately 200 miles northwest of Buenos Aires (and is famously Lionel Messi ’s home city).

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New Scientist

JANUARY 17, 2024

Researchers estimate that 17,000 baby elephant seals have died from avian flu in Argentina and it is likely that the virus is spreading among marine mammals

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MARCH 2, 2023

Una ola de calor y una sequía históricas Estoy desde principios de diciembre visitando a mi familia en Rosario (Argentina), donde el calor ha sido implacable, con muy pocos días de alivio. Como científica del clima, estoy acostumbrada a leer cifras de atribución del orden de magnitud de 15, 20 o quizá 30 veces más probable.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Scientists attribute the drought’s severity to climate change, deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, and the La Niña weather pattern, a cycle caused by natural oscillations in oceanic and atmospheric temperatures which tends to desiccate Argentina and southern Brazil every few years.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

The regulatory decisions made by the Governments of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile in the following months and years will set the course for the lithium industry, with significant consequences for the planet’s future. Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile are all in complex political, social, and economic situations.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

. —— In Argentina, government officials declared an emergency over the dwindling Parana River, the country’s most economically significant waterway. Argentina is one of the world’s major exporters of corn and livestock feed, but shallow water in the river has restricted grain shipments.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

The Paraná River stretches through the heart of central South America, arising in Brazil and extending over 3,000 miles through Paraguay and Argentina. It is a cycle that has not ended, and it is not clear when it will,” Argentina’s National Weather Service told Reuters. . By Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue.

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Inhabitant

JULY 29, 2021

An Argentinian lagoon turned hot pink last week from chemical pollution. And it stinks.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

A farmer walks past a cow that died from the drought in Argentina. Photo credit: Reuters / Agustin Marcarian By Anders Lorenzen Argentina is currently going through the worst drought in 60 years. The country is already being battered by a broader economic slump causing sky-high inflation and weakening the local currency.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

It acquired oil fields and refineries in South America in the 1990s by taking advantage of the wave of privatizations of state-owned oil companies, pushed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, notably of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) in Argentina. The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion.

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New Scientist

JULY 7, 2022

A dinosaur discovered in Argentina has been identified as a new species. Meraxes gigas lived 20 million years before T. rex, but had a similarly large body, sharp teeth and proportionately small arms

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JULY 20, 2021

Argentina will allocate millions of dollars to mitigate drought along the Parana River. Argentina will allocate $10.4 In Argentina, the Parana serves as a major agricultural export hub. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Deadly protests in Iran break out amid a worsening water crisis. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 11, 2023

By Kiley Bense In 2016, disturbing footage captured on a sunny beach in Argentina went viral. After decades of conservation efforts to protect whales, two recent books shed light on why they’re still threatened—and how we might change that.

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New Scientist

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Historically dry and hot weather in Argentina and neighbouring countries is being driven by the La Niña weather system and exacerbated by climate change

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Inhabitant

AUGUST 5, 2021

Created by Alfaro/Acevedo Arquitectura, Margot Restaurant in Argentina is a unique dining experience where the dining room and the open kitchen share a space.

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E2 Law Blog

MAY 13, 2022

1 /2022, for the supply and installation of photovoltaic equipment and internal installations in public buildings of 19 provinces of Argentina, which will supply 281 institutions. This GT Alert highlights news and updates on renewable energy in Latin America.

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Inside Climate News

MARCH 26, 2022

By Katelyn Weisbrod Beneath the saline lakes high in the Andes Mountains in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia lies the world’s largest trove of lithium, a metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and to store power generated by wind and solar.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Drought in southern Brazil is hindering grain transports in Argentina. Drought in southern Brazil has lowered water levels severely on a major grain transport river in Argentina, Reuters reports. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. Heavy rain is causing flooding in Turkey. 25 PERCENT.

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MAY 28, 2023

Solar panels on the rooftop and car park of a secondary school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Currently, 84% of the energy consumed in Argentina is generated using natural gas and oil, fossil fuels whose production and use drive global warming, and which can bring other harmful impacts on ecosystems, societies and their health.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

The young adults claimed that Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey have violated children’s rights by failing to control carbon emissions, despite knowing about the perils of climate change. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child declined to rule on a complaint filed by youth activists from twelve countries.

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JULY 16, 2021

Low water levels on the Parana River in Argentina are affecting agricultural exports and sparking environmental concerns. Low water levels on the Parana River in Argentina are forcing cargo ships to reduce their loads by thousands of tons, impacting a major agricultural shipping hub. ON THE RADAR.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2022

These are the result of droughts in major production areas in the western United States and Argentina. It could be up to other major wheat producing countries—chiefly the United States, Canada, France, Argentina, and Australia—to keep bread on many tables around the world this year.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

La Nina conditions could worsen drought in Argentina. “At Analysts say La Nina conditions in South America will worsen drought in Argentina, Reuters reports. Argentina’s agricultural sector has already been deeply impacted by low water levels on the Parana River, a key transport route for grain cargo ships.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

Tracking the chain of custody won’t work because there is more than enough soybean oil produced on existing cropland in the US, Argentina, and Brazil to produce 100 percent of California’s diesel fuel. Phillips 66 filed paperwork recently indicating it plans to produce renewable diesel and other fuels using soybean oil from Argentina.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Previously, he spent nearly 25 years working as a media producer and consultant on mass communications projects and assignments all over the globe, including a long stint working with and advising traditional healers in West Africa, and also coverage of the Falklands conflict in Argentina on assignment for the BBC.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

This was highlighted in 2020 by the death and devastation from Hurricane Eta and Iota in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and the intense drought and unusual fire season in the Pantanal region of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.” — Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization.

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JUNE 8, 2021

The operator, ONS, has taken measures such as easing restrictions for dams in the São Francisco and Paraná river basins, and importing energy from Argentina and Uruguay. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS. 400 SITES .

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Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2024

Senegal, Kenya, Cameroon, Djibouti and South Africa all intervened, as did Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Barbados, Argentina and Ecuador. And most – especially those from Africa and the rest of the Americas – sought very different outcomes that the US.

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MARCH 7, 2024

Typically found in warm waters in the West Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Argentina, rainbow parrotfish have green-blue beaks with bright orange bodies and tails and green-blue scales. Similar to its even larger cousin the bumphead parrotfish, the rainbow parrotfish is the largest herbivorous reef fish in the Caribbean and Atlantic.

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MARCH 31, 2023

And in some cases, sea foam just provides a good time on the beach— as in Argentina in February 2021. In cases of extreme weather, sea foam can actually render a beach invisible, as in this case from Australia in 2020 , or when sea foam swamped the coast of Tossa de Mar in Spain during Storm Gloria.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

And lurching too across Acre state, a highway heaves its concrete girth.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Light rainfall in northern Argentina could contain wildfires that have been spreading for weeks. Estefanía Riveiro, a volunteer in Argentina’s Corrientes province. Firefighters and volunteers in northern Argentina could soon see some relief from wildfires that have burned for several weeks.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Argentina et al. Argentina et al. ). The post further explores the potential implications of this clarification for climate litigation, while highlighting the key provisions that underscore the responsibilities of states in safeguarding children’s rights within the ever-evolving environmental landscape. Background Sacchi et al.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

And lurching too across Acre state, a highway heaves its concrete girth.

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Ocean Conservancy

APRIL 14, 2022

Kelp gulls off the coast of Argentina have been documented biting chunks of flesh off the backs of infant southern right whales. Gulls eat more than just your leftovers. Sure, sometimes they divebomb your lunch, but gulls eat more than just leftovers. Gulls are omnivores and they are NOT picky, clearly.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Argentina et al. Argentina et al. was brought by 16 children and youth against five States (Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, and Turkey) in 2019. In particular, the recognition can embolden stakeholders and courts, to adopt a rights-based approach to climate litigation. dated September 22, 2021). Decision by the CRC.

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