Archivo mensual: agosto 2011

The oil complex, Petrochemical and Industrial General Jose Antonio Anzoategui, located just outside the city of Barcelona in the east of the country, has registered environmental damage and an increased of respiratory diseases in its surroundings.

The area has been affected because the 15,000 tons of coke (fuel) produced there every day is being stuck in storage yards, as a consequence of the… Continue reading

Apparently authorities and officials of both countries “in charge” of the responsibility of the serious pollution problem facing the highest navigable lake in the world and the second largest in South America after Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, as is Lake Titicaca , are “questioning” their “level of responsibility.”

According to Bolivian media , the president of the Authority of Lake Titicaca (ALT in… Continue reading

The tourist resort of Huanchaco, emblematic place for Trujillo, run out of beaches and sand in the short term, due to marine erosion.

Until five years ago or maybe more, The Trujillans used to come by thousands to spend the summer to two of the three representative beaches, Las Delicias beach, located in the district of Moche and Buenos Aires in the district… Continue reading

According to a report by researcher Graciela Lesina belonging to INENCO (Research Institute of Non-Conventional Energy), highlighted the advantages of solar energy, among others, and raised two possible lines of research: the development of solar power parks through photovoltaic cells, which translates directly into electrical energy, or the use of mirrors that focus the heat energy in all collectors.

“The situation in Argentina… Continue reading

In the northwestern region of Venezuela, is the Paraguana peninsula, near the Dutch islands in the Caribbean and that holds the second largest refining complex in the world, able to distill 940,000 barrels of oil daily.

In this stands the city of Punto Fijo, with 270,000 residents of which are on track to become a liberated area of polluting plastic bags.

A… Continue reading