Channel 6, Corpus Christi, TX, Kristv.com reports : Bolivia city dealing with severe drought BOLIVIA – Residents in Bolivia are having to ration their water. That as three main dams that supply water to the city of La Paz are almost dry. Local media reports that the main dam is at 1% capacity, while the other two are…
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Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk
Physorg reports: Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk A new study published in The Cryosphere, an European Geosciences Union journal, has found that Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will continue to diminish if temperatures in the region continue to increase. “On top of that, glacier recession is leaving…
Strongest drought in 25 years hits Bolivia
Mongabay Latam reports: The two food production systems that support Bolivia — family farming and agribusiness — are being hit by the worst drought in the last quarter century and one of the three worst in the last 65 years. Official data indicate that a state of emergency has been declared in 142 of Bolivia’s…
They control the stuffers impact on the environment
Pagina Siete reports from El Alto: They control the stuffers impact on the environment To prevent the waste generated in the manufacture of sausages that cause environmental pollution, especially on Lake Titicaca, the El Alto municipality inspections began in 21 industries in this sector. Companies must have treatment plants. “We are verifying that factories have…
Chile dynamited the Silala to drain its waters to Calama
El Deber reports: Chile dynamited the Silala to drain its waters to Calama EL DEBER.- All flow reaches Calama in northern Chile. And concludes in that region because it was diverted as a result of dynamite use. Silala waters are springs that were artificially drained and the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to…
Pollution continues in Cantumarca
Red Aclo reports in El Diario: Pollution continues in Cantumarca Potosi (Red Aclo) .- Since years ago, the waste tailings dam of San Miguel, located at the top of Cantumarca, in an area of approximately 18 hectares, continue to pollute the community. One of the settlers of the place said that “the dam long pollutes…
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