South & Central America
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Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsInternational Security & WarJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSouth & Central AmericaUnited States
Build That (Solar) Wall, Mr. Trump!
Two prominent Mexican academics have a response to U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along America’s southern border: Bring it on! ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsSouth & Central AmericaWater
Loss of a Bolivian Lake Destroys Culture, Identity
Climate change and human demands have emptied a lake in Bolivia’s high desert—and with it much of the meaning of life for the Indigenous ... -
Climate & SocietyDemand & DistributionDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central America
Venezuela Denies Drought-Starved Grid Near ‘Collapse’
Just four metres of water depth behind Venezuela’s Guri Dam stand between the troubled, oil-rich country and the “collapse” of its power grid, prompting ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central America
Honduran Campaigner Berta Cáceres Murdered in Fight Against Agua Zarca Hydro Project
A wave of international outrage and protests was triggered last week after Honduran Indigenous and environmental rights campaigner Berta Cáceres was shot dead in ... -
Climate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central AmericaWind
Mexican Wind Project Harms Indigenous Communities, Damages the Environment
Mexico’s development of a natural “wind tunnel” between the Atlantic and Pacific for power generation is injuring indigenous communities and damaging the environment, critics ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionElectricity GridGeothermalJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySolarSouth & Central AmericaWind
Nicaragua Aims for 90% Renewables by 2020
Nicaragua expects to produce 75% of its energy from renewable sources by 2017 and 90% by 2020, relying on strong winds, bright sunshine, and ... -
South American Flooding Forces 160,000 to Evacuate
Severe flooding brought on by El Niño-related storms forced as many as 160,000 people out of their homes in Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSouth & Central America
Bolivia’s Climate Commitment Offers Stirring Principles, Limited Action
Bolivia is emerging as part-hero, part-villain in the lead up to the UN climate summit in Paris later this year, calling for “structural solutions ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyGeothermalHydropowerJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySouth & Central America
Costa Rica Powered 100% by Renewables for First 75 Days of 2015
Costa Rica used a mix of hydropower and geothermal to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources for the first 75 days of ... -
Climate & SocietyFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSouth & Central AmericaWater
Indigenous Groups Block Oil Development in Peru
Indigenous groups in the Peruvian Amazon have blocked a jungle road for two weeks and seized 14 oil wells in a decades-long dispute with ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSouth & Central America
Falling Oil Prices May Spur Climate Negotiations in Lima
Climate negotiators in Lima, Peru may get an unexpected boost from falling oil prices, leading to a decline in influence for the fossil fuel ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySouth & Central AmericaWater
Climate Change, Not Cocaine, ‘Poses Greatest Threat’ to Colombians
Drug wars were once the scourge of Colombia, but “now it is climate change, not the cocaine trade, that poses the greatest threat to ... -
Panama Canal Expansion Adds Capacity for Crude Oil Shipments
Expansion of the Panama Canal will enable oil producers to send more product through one of the “main thoroughfares of maritime navigation,” and could ...
