Two years have passed since the disaster in Córrego do Feijão, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais. However, Vale S/A, the mining company responsible for the damage, has yet to come to an agreement with the government for reparations and restoration of the region and its inhabitants.

Over 18 different species of penguins are currently facing the threat of climate change and human activity.

Experts believe that extermination of the hippopotamus, native to Africa and brought to Colombia by Pablo Escobar, is the only way to prevent the spread of the invasive species.

Chile will begin to implement the Extended Responsibility of the Producer law (REP). Beginning with tires, the law will require recycling of materials that are harmful to the environment.

Increasingly, society has become more interested in the way food is produced and in its safety.

The Amazon Rainforest is undeniably under Brazilian sovereignty, but with power over the Amazon comes a large array of environmental responsibilities.

The National Council for Economic and Social Policy recently approved a program that implements cross-sectoral strategies to control deforestation and increase sustainable forest management in Colombia.

Since beginning production in 1914, the petroleum industry has been imperative to Venezuela’s economy, but as the state-owned petroleum company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) has failed to maintain infrastructure, an increase in oil spills puts the population in danger amidst a growing environmental crisis.

“Una laguna negra,” a Mexican documentary that depicts the devastating environmental impacts of hog farms in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, shows what the future could be like for Argentina if these farms begin to operate as planned through a new initiative.

The Dominican government has assured that its proposed tourist development of the Pedernales region will not harm protected areas.