Some questions and answers about home energy generation. 

Despite a protection program for the porpoise species called vaquita, three have been found dead. 

The Alliance for Rural Development (ADRI) requested that the law concerning water be approved because evidently only 10 treatment plants function properly, while there are 24 in the Amatitlán lake alone. 

There has been a recent push to restore watersheds in Nicaragua. To achieve this, efforts would have to be in accordance with the General Law of National Waters which would require extensive planning.

Chile’s environmental regulator SMA ordered the closure of wells used by Canadian Kinross Gold’s Maricunga gold mine located in northern Atacama region. 

Light pollution affects the environment in a variety of ways. It contributes to climate change; generates an excess of carbon dioxide and other radioactive substances; and could potentially harm humans.

In a radio interview for Enlace Ciudadano, Daniel Ortega, Ecuador’s Environment Minister, announced that the national government will take legal action against the company Interagua, which since April, 2001 is responsible for providing drinking water and sewer systems in Guayaquil.

Global Wind Energy Council’s Steve Sawyer anticipates investments in renewables in Argentina. 

In Iztapalapa many people bathe with bottled water.

About 2,000 miners operate in Tambopata National Reserve.