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Colombia Halts Hotel Project in Tayrona National Park
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Colombian government has suspended a hotel project in Tayrona National Park that included the construction of 12 cabins, to prevent any possible damage to the ecosystems of this natural reserve. continue reading »
Rare Earth Elements Could be the Source of Clean Energy
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Although they might have archaic-sounding names to the public, dysprosium, terbium, europium, neodymium and yttrium because of their rarity hold the secret to future technology as well as the success of clean energy and they are preoccupying the most powerful nations of the world. continue reading »
Latinos Getting Fracked?
January 13, 2013 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
2012 closed with an interesting note: As reported in this article from Reuters, the term “fracking” was more popular than “climate change” in US online searches. continue reading »
Mexico Shaken by 5.3 Earthquake in Chiapas
December 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A magnitude-5.3 earthquake rocked the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas on Sunday morning, but no injuries or damage have been reported, the National Seismology Service said. continue reading »
Latino Voices Supported California Coastal Conservation
December 29, 2012 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
Good news for California’s coast: California has now completed its Marine Protected Areas (MPA) network. This is in addition to President Obama’s recent announcement for a proposed extension of national marine sanctuaries. continue reading »
2012 Renews Public Focus on Climate Change
December 27, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
The year 2012 was one of extreme weather: massive floods in Australia stranded entire towns; a day of torrential rains submerged half the Philippines capital; a super-typhoon ravaged the western Pacific; and a record drought seared more than half the continental United States. continue reading »
UN Extends Kyoto’s Climate Change Pact Extended at Doha until 2020
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The 194 nations meeting at the United Nations Climate Conference in Doha approved here Saturday the extension until 2020 of the Kyoto Protocol for controlling climate change, which was to expire this year, though some countries have pulled out of the deal. continue reading »
Mexico to Combat Scarlet Macaws’ Extinction by Releasing 60 Birds into the Wild
December 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 60 scarlet macaws will be set free in an ecological park in southeastern Mexico to avoid the extinction of this colorful subspecies, several of the organizers said. continue reading »
Mexico To Fight Deforestation With $15 Million Loan
November 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico will receive $15 million in financial and technical assistance to support climate change mitigation efforts. The program will create a dedicated financing line, accessible by communities and ejidos or their members, for identified low carbon projects in forest landscapes in five of the states with the highest levels of net forest loss: Oaxaca, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Jalisco and Campeche. continue reading »
Southeastern Mexico Shaken by 5.0 Earthquake
October 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A magnitude-5 earthquake shook the southeastern Mexican state of Chiapas early Saturday, but without leaving any victims or material damage, the National Seismological Service said. continue reading »
Hurricane Sandy’s Death Toll Rises to 38
October 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hurricane Sandy caused 38 deaths and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes in a wide swath of the Caribbean. Sandy, which was a Category 2 hurricane at its peak intensity earlier this week, killed 11 people in Cuba, 26 in Haiti and one in Jamaica and now threatens the northeastern United States, prompting the states of New York and Virginia to declare a state of emergency. continue reading »
Greenpeace: U.S. Hid Documents Revealing Impact of BP Oil Spill on Whales
October 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. government deliberately blocked the release of documents and photographs that showed the true impact of the BP oil spill on whales in the Gulf of Mexico, Greenpeace said Thursday. continue reading »
Mudslide in Northern Peru Kills 11, 10 Still Missing
October 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peruvian authorities recovered 11 bodies after a mudslide swept through a village in the northern Peruvian jungle region of San Martin, while 10 others remain missing. continue reading »
Colombian Mudslide’s Death Toll Climbs to 10
October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from the mudslide that hit a hamlet in southwestern Colombia earlier this month has risen to 10, with five people still listed as missing, emergency management officials said. continue reading »
Saving the World, One Broken Stick at a Time
October 14, 2012 | by NewsTaco | Latino Daily News
I am the last person in the world you would expect to save the world. As a kid, I would go to the backyard and light Styrofoam on fire and dance around it, like a pagan, so it was a bit of a shock when I joined the Ecology Club in high school. At first I joined it because it provided shelter inside the main building away from rainy days. However, I realized that the girls heavily outnumbered the boys, and this was the only forum where girls would actually care for what I had to say. continue reading »
President Calderon Inaugurates Mexico’s First Solar Power Plant
October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican President Felipe Calderon inaugurated a large-scale solar power plant that he touted as the region's first, a pilot facility in the northwestern state of Baja California that features 4,000 photovoltaic panels and 1 MW in generating capacity. continue reading »
Biodegradable Rainforest Gum Presented at Green Forum in Mexico
October 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A biodegradable, non-stick gum that won't sully sidewalks and trash cans made of "natural plastic" were some of the products on display at the just-concluded 2012 Green Solutions Forum, held in the Mexican capital to seek ways of combating climate change. continue reading »
Search Teams Continue to Scour Southern Colombia for Mudslide Victims
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Search teams resumed looking Sunday for 11 people reported missing after a mudslide in Villas del Prado, a hamlet outside the southwestern Colombian city of Isnos, with the official death toll from the disaster at four, officials said. continue reading »
13 People Missing Since Mudslide Attacks Southern Colombia
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 people went missing Saturday and five were injured in a mudslide that buried a hamlet in the southwestern Colombian province of Huila, emergency management services in Bogota said. continue reading »
7.3 Earthquake Shakes Souther Colombia
September 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A magnitude-7.3 earthquake rocked no fewer than 11 provinces in southern and southwestern Colombia on Sunday, but so far there have been no reports of deaths or injuries, although a few homes were damaged in a small village. continue reading »
