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Cuba denounces climate damage due to NATO military expenditure

Published on: April 8, 2024
12:56

Havana, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said on Monday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is the largest military emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) in the planet.

Cuba approves incentive payment for forest carbon removal

Published on: February 27, 2024
13:54

Havana, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuba approved the payment for environmental services for the removal of sustainable forest carbon, a financial solution, the first of its kind in the country, which allows supporting environmental policies.

Cuba fosters relations with other nations at COP28

Published on: December 3, 2023
10:19

Dubai, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Minister of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) Elba Rosa Pérez met on Sunday with the executive vice president of the Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism of the Dominican Republic, Max Puig.

UN chief urges financial institutions to curb funding fossil fuels

Published on: June 17, 2022
16:44

United Nations, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres on Friday called on all financial institutions to ditch fossil fuel financing and bet on renewable energies to keep the environment cleaner.

Climate change to increase world economic damage sixfold

Published on: September 9, 2021
00:15

London, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) Global warming might increase economic damage in the world sixfold, due to the impacts of climate change on health, savings and labor productivity, local media reported.

U.S. reports 4 dead, 141 hospitalized from carbon monoxide poisoning

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:04

Washington, Sept 8 (Prensa Latina) US health officials on Tuesday announced that four people have died and 141 have been from carbon monoxide poisoning in Louisiana where people have been forced to use stand-by generators amid ongoing power outages following devastation from Hurricane Ida.

Kazakh official could redirect hydrocarbon supplies to China

Published on: August 6, 2021
10:56

Nur-Sultan, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan on Friday warned that the country may redirect its hydrocarbon exports to China and other Asian nations in response to the carbon tax introduced by the European Union (EU).

Investments in renewable energies increase in the first semester

Published on: August 4, 2021
07:16

Washington, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) Investments in renewable energy increased considerably in the first half of 2021, yet it is too far from being enough to curb growing carbon emissions, a specialized source said.

Russia defends Nord Stream gas pipeline against US

Published on: May 28, 2021
07:58

Moscow, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Russian gas supplied to Europe through the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has a carbon footprint four times lower than that delivered by US companies, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.

Bitcoin plummets due to Tesla’s statements

Published on: May 13, 2021
10:58

Brussels, May 13 (Prensa Latina) The bitcoin, the most widely used crypto-currency, collapsed on Thursday after statements made by Tesla Founder Elon Musk that he will stop accepting payments in it.

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