Indigenous and rural communities from Peru’s northern Amazon have filed a formal complaint against the government for failing to curb illegal gold mining in the Nanay River basin. They say ...

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The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

The California Senate has introduced a landmark resolution to have the state examine its crude imports from the Amazon, ...

Ecuador is falling short of 1000 to 1400 megawatts of power. In 2002 it generated 8,864 megawatts of power. The deficit is large enough. The unprecedented drought has made the situation worse.

QUITO - Ecuador's government declared a 60-day national emergency due to raging forest fires made worse by a severe drought, risk management officials said on Monday. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the ...

AFP Quito: Ecuador on Friday lengthened scheduled electricity rationing from eight to 14 hours per day due to the worst drought it has faced in six decades, the energy minister announced.

QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more ...

Drought has led to rotating water rationing in Bogota, Colombia's capital of almost 10 million people, while Ecuador's energy grid has been pushed to the brink, prompting power cuts to conserve ...