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See You in Cochabamba! Evo Morales Plans Bolivian Alternative Climate Summit for April
Not wasting any time, Bolvian president Evo Morales has announced that his nation will be hosting an alternative climate summit in the city of Cochabamba on April 20-22, the New York Times reports. Morales is calling on activists,
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Is Capitalism to Blame for Climate Change?
When Bolivian President Evo Morales and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela took the stage at COP15, there was little doubt the pair were going to have some strong words for the international
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Bolivia has Enough Lithium for 4.8 Billion Electric Cars!
Photo: Wikipedia, Free Art License"Lithium could bring us prosperity."At 4,085 square miles, Salar de Uyuni in Southwest Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat. Those salts contain large amounts of sodium, potassium, magnesium and lithium, and these
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Climate Bottom Meeting Puts Spotlight on Communities, Traditional Knowledge & Climate Change
Since the chances of getting one of the few available tickets to the opening plenary session of COP15 over at the Bella Center seemed thin (and the odds of anything radically new being said even thinner) I headed over to
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Greenpeace Says Bolivian Offset Project is One Big Carbon Scam & US Electric Companies Behind It
Here's a good example of how not to do carbon offsets, as well as the potential danger in relying on sub-national REDD offset programs rather than reducing emissions at the source: Greenpeace USA has just released a new report
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Climate Change Closes the World's Highest Ski Run
The 18,000-year-old glacier in Bolivia that provided the world with its highest ski run has just finished completely drying up, thanks to our old pal climate change. And of course, it's taken
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Stanley Greenberg, World-Renowned Pollster, Talks Enviro-Politico Shop
Never heard of Stanley Greenberg? Probably means you've been living under a rock for the last, say, twenty years. He's a political mastermind — akin to being described as the world-champion of public opinion
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7 Eco Adventures that Could Kill You
Photo via Flickr Eco travel is all the new rage, but some trips require some real cohonas to take the plunge. From protecting sharks and crocodiles in Belize to biking Bolivia's Road of Death to volcano surfing in Nicaragua, these seven eco adventures
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Iconic Bolivian Glacier Disappears: Melting Increased Three-Fold in Past 10 Years
Bolivia's Chacaltaya glacier, at an elevation of 17,400 ft home to the world's highest ski area, has succumbed to rising temperatures and has melted away. All that remains of the 18,000 year old glacier are a few small
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Bolivia's Lithium Reserves Could Power Electric Car Boom
The auto industry is beginning to look to lithium batteries to power new models of hybrid cars. The new demand for lithium could be a boon for Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, which holds half of the world's lithium reserves, according to
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World Bank and Andean Countries Will Spend $32 Million To Study Glacial Retreat and Create Adaptation Plan
The Andean Community, an organization that gathers Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to treat common interests, announced recently a project to help three of
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Growing Rice Becoming As Profitable as Coca
For years, the American government has been trying to stomp out the growing of Coca, which is the base ingredient of Cocaine. Also for years, people have complained that American food subsidies
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Energy Consume Grows in Argentina, Government Launches Yet Another Plan
Despite the Energy Saving Plan the Argentine government announced last December, energy consume in Argentina kept growing during the summer.
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Gas and Nuclear Power Talk at the Presidential Summit Between Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia
(Brazilian, Argentine and Bolivian presidents in Buenos Aires. Picture credit: Infobae.) As we previewed last week, Argentine, Brazilian and Bolivian presidents gathered in Buenos Aires last Friday to discuss gas supply to this country (which could
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Natural Disasters in Latin America Blamed in Part on Climate Change
2007 has been a brutal year for natural disasters in Latin America, keeping the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs busy. The agency said in a recent statement that a record nine missions were dispatched to Latin America
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Carlos Levinton's Latest: Helping Hampaturi with PET
Sometimes when we talk about recycling pet bottles or reusing plastic, the implementation on a high scale or at least in one that can really make a difference seems far-off. That's probably why this project by Argentine architect Carlos Levinton
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IPCC on Latin America: Land Drought and Coastlines Floodings are on the Menu
Agriculture yields projected to go down, threatening food security in the region.
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Travel to Bolivia and Help Indigenous Communities
Looking for a holiday destination with some meaning? Well, Bolivian Government has presented a National Tourism Plan oriented to create jobs and generate revenues to eradicate the poverty in the country's indigenous communities -currently 70% of
