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Belize: 17 Companies Contracted to Look for Oil
- By S Coward
- Published 09-Feb-10
- Economy, Trade & Investment , Environment/Energy
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Feb. 9, 2010 -- Most of Belize’s 8,867 square miles of territory and
much of the waters offshore have been parceled out in petroleum
contracts (concessions) to 17 different companies with a range of
foreign shareholders from as close as the USA and as far off as Taiwan.
Dominica Wind Farm Gets US Funding
- By S Coward
- Published 12-Jan-10
- Environment/Energy
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Jan. 12, 2010 -- A wind farm in the Caribbean island of Dominica is one of the first three projects to receive US funding under the ‘Energy & Climate Partnership of the Americas’ announced by President Obama at the 2009 Summit of the Americas.
Climate Change Will Cost 137% of Current GDP in Latin America and the Caribbean By 2100
- By S Coward
- Published 16-Dec-09
- Environment/Energy
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(16 December 2009) If no international agreement is reached to mitigate the effects of climate change, the cost for Latin America and the Caribbean could be equivalent to 137% of the region's current GDP by 2100, asserts the ECLAC report Economics of Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean. Summary 2009.
CARICOM Unveils Climate Change Strategy Ahead of Copenhagen
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Nov-09
- Environment/Energy
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Nov. 17, 2009 -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on Thursday unveiled a campaign to promote the Region’s collective position on climate change, ahead of the 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 7-18 December, 2009.
Owner of Graeme Hall Files Complaint Against Barbados Government, Alleges Treaty Violations
- By S Coward
- Published 30-Oct-09
- Environment/Energy
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Ottawa, Canada -- Oct. 30, 2009 -- A complaint filed by the Canadian owner of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, an eco-tourist facility in Barbados, alleges that the Government of Barbados has violated its international obligations by refusing to enforce its environmental laws, thereby allowing increased pollution and land development to damage the Sanctuary.
Belize: US National Fined $1.7 Million for Damaging Reef
- By S Coward
- Published 02-Jun-09
- Environment/Energy
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June 2, 2009 -- U-S
National David Lautner, whose catamaran destroyed a portion of the reef
near Lighthouse Reef Atoll around May 2, 2007, was found guilty of
recklessly causing a disaster that resulted in a loss of the
environment when he appeared in court. Lautner was fined 1.7 million
U-S dollars by Magistrate Ed P. Usher.