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Monday, March 2nd, 2009Argentina’s Secretary of Environment and Sustainable Development (SAyDS), Bibiloni Homer, just signed agreements with the mayors of municipalities located in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin, through which federal authorities will provide around 30 million pesos for the establishment of cooperative efforts to clean up trash dumps around the Basin as well as the Basin’s feed-in streams. The […]
Cleaning Up the Medellín River / Limpieza del río Medellín
Friday, February 27th, 2009From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): Medellín will complete historic river clean-up with IDB financing $450 million loan will help turn Colombia’s second largest city into one of Latin America’s cleanest urban areas The City of Medellín will complete an ambitious program to rehabilitate a vital river and improve the quality of life of local […]
US$71.5 mil. for Water and Sanitation in Espírito Santo
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009From the World Bank: World Bank Approves US$71.5 Million Additional Finance for Water and Coastal Pollution Management The World Bank today approved an additional finance of US$71.5 million to the State of Espírito Santo, in Southeastern Brazil, to carry out activities under the Espírito Santo Water and Coastal Pollution Management Project, which aims to provide […]
Shell Chemical to Clean Up Its Plant in Puerto Rico
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009From the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Shell to Pay $1 Million Penalty, Enhance Pollution Controls for Clean Water Act Violations in Puerto Rico Shell Chemical Yabucoa, Inc. of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a $1,025,000 penalty and spend at least $273,800 enhancing its pollution controls and monitoring to remedy Clean Water Act violations. […]
Improving Potable Water & Sewage Treatment in Mexico
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009According to Mexico’s Environment Secretariat, SEMARNAT, at the end of 2008 Mexico finally reached a 90% rate for providing potable water to its population (it has been hovering at 89% for several years), representing 92.73 million inhabitants. Additions in sewage connections have raised Mexico’s sanitation service coverage nationally to 86.1%. In 2008 49 sewage treatment […]
$14 mil. to Sustainably Manage the Caroni River Watershed / US$14 millones para un el manejo sostenible de la cuenca del río Caroní
Thursday, January 1st, 2009Venezuela and the IDB have signed a $14 million loan for a program to sustainably manage the Caroní River watershed. Venezuela’s environment ministry will carry out the project, which will focus on strengthening institutions charged with managing the Caroní River watershed, protecting land rights and improving living conditions for local communities, including indigenous ones in […]
Minas Seeks to Lead in Environmental Policy / Minas Pretende Ser Lider na Política Ambiental
Monday, December 29th, 2008Minas Gerais is seeking to take the lead among Brazilian states in environmental protection, and they want everyone to know it! [Look out, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo!] At year-end the state environment secretary José Carlos Carvalho released a report card on mineiro environment policy achievements and plans for 2009. He particularly […]
A Water and Sanitation Atlas for Brazil
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008Last month a branch of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (“Fiocruz“), the Institute of Communication and Scientific and Technological Information in Health (Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde – Icict), in partnership with the Health Ministry’s (MS) General Coordination for Environmental Health Surveillance (Coordenação Geral de Vigilância em Saúde Ambiental – CGVAM), […]
Expanding Water Security in Drought-Prone Ceará / Expansão de acesso seguro à água no Ceará
Monday, December 22nd, 2008From the World Bank: Loan to Expand Successful Water Security Initiatives in Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region Project focuses on safe access to water for the poor in drought-prone Ceará State The World Bank approved yesterday a US$103 million additional finance loan for the Ceará Integrated Water Resource Management Project (Progerirh). The loan will allow the semi-arid […]
Keeping the Environmental Policy Agenda Funded in Mexico / Mantener financiado el programa de política ambiental de México
Friday, December 19th, 2008From the World Bank: US$401 Million for Environmental Sustainability The World Bank (WB) Executive Board of Directors approved today a US$401 million loan to the Mexican government for the Environmental Sustainability Development Policy Project to compensate for a tight public sector budget during this trimester. This financing is in addition to the US$300.75 million loan […]
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