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Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Uruguayan Schools Slowly Say Goodbye to Junk Food
Uruguayan schoolchildren are learning that cookies, candy, potato chips and soft drinks are bad for their health. Some schools have taken the initiative and banned junk food from school snacks.
In Uruguay, the Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
Uruguay needs to reinforce and expand its electric power grid to absorb the 1,200 megawatts of wind energy that it plans to generate by 2015.
Sea Turtles Trapped by Sudden Drop in Temperature in Uruguay
A record number of sea turtles are turning up on Uruguayan beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and Río de la Plata this Southern hemisphere winter, suffering from cold shock and hypothermia.
URUGUAY: Community Radios Have Innovative Law, But Are Off the Air
Uruguay took a giant step towards more democratic media when it passed a law on community radio broadcasting in 2007. But although regulations for the law were approved in late 2010, many broadcasters are now off the air and waiting to be assigned a frequency.
URUGUAY: Community Radios Have Innovative Law, But Are Off the Air
Uruguay took a giant step towards more democratic media when it passed a law on community radio broadcasting in 2007. But although regulations for the law were approved in late 2010, many broadcasters are now off the air and waiting to be assigned a frequency.Montevideo Tackles Gas Emissions from Solid Waste
The government of the Uruguayan capital plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the solid waste produced by its 1.3 million inhabitants, through a project set to enter into operation in March. The carbon credits generated will be purchased by the World Bank.
URUGUAY: Rio de la Plata Under Land-Based Attack
Unregulated population growth along Uruguay's southern coast has hurt the Río de la Plata (River Plate) along an extensive stretch where the freshwater mixes with the Atlantic's salty seas, warn scientists.
URUGUAY: Tools Needed for Those Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
Water-borne diseases and illness related to natural disasters are on the agenda for plans of officials and civil society to help the precarious settlements in the outskirts of the metropolitan area of Montevideo and in other Uruguayan cities.
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