Clean Competition in Salt Lake City

Activists and officials alike are working to ensure that the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, are - for the first time - environmentally healthy

Painting Trade in Shades of Green

Experts assure that the experience of NAFTA, the only trade accord that contains environmental clauses, can be replicated throughout the western hemisphere

Rescue Operations Continue in Galapagos

Some 150 animals have been saved and returned to their habitat, but dead marine birds and mammals continue to be found a month after the disaster caused by oil-tanker Jessica.

Cuba Cancels Nuclear Plant Construction

The Juraguá atomic project was once at the center of the Cold War, as the United States charged that a radioactive cloud from a potential meltdown could reach Washington DC.

New Regulations for Mach Picchu

More and more tourists, especially the young, are coming to Peru and bypassing the rail route on their way to the Incan city of Machu Picchu, making the 48 km trip on foot instead, following the trails that lead through the Andean mountains and cross incredible tropical valleys.

Ecobreves – Ban on Cars Benefits City

- The second annual ''Day without Cars,'' held Feb 1, produced a sharp drop in air pollution in the Colombian capital, and allowed drivers to explore their city through other modes of transportation. Individual vehicles were replaced on city streets by public transportation and nearly 1.3 million bicycles.

Ecobreves – Subway Line Puts on Breaks

Argentina's justice authorities ordered the closing of a line of the Metrovías' subway service in the capital until the company finds a way to curb the noise produced when the underground train is operating.

Ecobreves – Recycling Plastics

Cuba will put its first plastic waste recycling plant into operation this year as part of an official campaign to reduce pollution and encourage what is known as clean production.

' After four years of slow progress, civil society groups are on their way to presenting a universal declaration of environmental rights before the United Nations.

Various sectors of civil society from around the world came up with the idea of a universal declaration of environmental rights, known as the Earth Charter, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1997.

The Pitfalls of the Petroleum Age

The era of cheap oil slowed the search for alternative energy sources and the development of environment-friendly technologies.

Japan Longing for Favorite Panda, Ling Ling

There is an air of sadness at the Ueno Zoo due to the departure of its prize panda for Mexico, the animal's keeper told Tierramérica

Ecobreves – National Park at Risk

A project to extract underground water in northern Chile is threatening the Lauca National Park, one of the world's major biosphere reserves, located on the Bolivian border.

Ecobreves – Expansion of Environmental Services

The Costa Rica government is to reinforce its Environmental Services Program with the help of a donation from Germany totaling nine million dollars, earmarked for 43,000 hectares that are currently in private hands, announced Elizabeth Odio, minister of environment.

Ecobreves – Protecting Biodiversity

A plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity in the Orinoco River region gets underway in March, promoted by the Venezuelan government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Ecobreves – Support for the U'wa

Italian environmentalists have thrown their support behind Colombia's U'wa Indians in their fight against oil giant Occidental Petroleum in ''defense of their territory and their culture.''

Ecobreves – Fox Prepares Crusade

The Mexican government will begin a pro-environment ''crusade'' in March, when it plans to announce special measures and programs and to officially acknowledge the country's dramatic ecological problems.

''Green'' Products Flourish in Brazil

Textile dyes, soft drinks, shoes and even condoms are some of the products that are made from the Amazon forest's natural wealth

Galapagos Ecosystems under Threat

The invasion of wild goats and of non-native plants, expansion of the human population, over-fishing, fires and pollution are the most serious problems these majestic islands face

Ecobreves – More Radioactive Ships

The environmental watchdog Greenpeace said that departure is imminent of two plutonium-carrying ships from France that will head to Japan, most likely via the Cape Horn route, just as the Pacific Swan did in January with its 192 cylinders of radioactive waste.

Big Petroleum Takes Power

Supported by a Cabinet rich in energy executives, George W. Bush, who took office Saturday as President of the United States, could halt environmental progress and abandon the crucial Kyoto Protocol negotiations on curbing greenhouse gas emissions

The Drive to Eradicate Malaria

The work the Colombian Immunology Institute has been carrying out for nearly two decades to achieve a malaria vaccine that is 100-percent effective could produce definitive results within the next two years.