Venezuela demands detailed information and compensation from Trinidad and Tobago over a reported hydrocarbon spill affecting shared waters and coastal ecosystems.

A UN report found South America lost 41 million hectares of forest between 2015 and 2025, the highest level recorded globally.

Trinidad and Tobago says an oil spill near the Gulf of Paria was contained, while Venezuela warns of risks to shared marine ecosystems and fishing communities.

Venezuela warned of environmental damage after an oil spill from Trinidad and Tobago affected coastal ecosystems and fishing communities in the Gulf of Paria.

Pemex confirmed a pipeline leak caused the February 6 spill, citing protocol failures and ongoing investigations into responsibility.

Argentina’s Senate approved on Thursday, February 26, a bill that rolls back protections for glaciers, sending the measure to the lower chamber for debate amid sharp criticism from environmental groups and opposition lawmakers. The legislation, promoted by the far-right administration of President Javier Milei, was passed by a vote of 40 to 31, with one […]

Argentina’s push to weaken glacier protections would expose strategic water reserves to mining, undermining human rights and climate resilience despite scientific warnings.

The Yaku Mama Amazon Flotilla is sailing across the Amazon to defend environmental security, having begun its journey in the city of Coca, in Ecuador’s Francisco de Orellana province, and heading toward Belém, Brazil, where it is expected to arrive in time for COP30. RELATED: Brazil: Lula rejects US interference and defends Amazonian cooperation against […]

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have created the world’s largest biocultural corridor to protect the Great Maya Forest, as environmental groups urge stronger safeguards amid controversy over the Maya Train project.

With just five months until COP30 in Belém, Amazon deforestation has surged 92% year-on-year—960 km² lost by May 2025—undermining Brazil’s green leadership as wildfires and drought ravage its forests.