Cleaning up the Matanza-Riachuelo River in Argentina

The Matanza-Riachuelo River divides Buenos Aires City from the Province of Buenos Aires and runs into the Rio de la Plata which provides drinking water for the million of inhabitants in this region.  Translated, its name means the Slaughter River.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matanza_River
For decades the authorities have been attempting to clean up the river, but to no avail.  [...]

Brazilian sugar cane growers agree to reduce burning

Orplana, the sugar cane producers association in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state signed an agreement with the state’s environmental secretariat to speed up mechanized harvesting of sugar cane in an attempt to reduce air pollution for the burning associated with manual harvesting.  Orplana represents over 12,000 sugar cane producers.  In this state, 45 percent of cane [...]

Vog: nature can pollute too!

Volcanic eruptions can be cause serious air pollution issues.  Check out these links:
This is happening in Hawaii:
http://volcano.wr.usgs.gov/kilaueastatus.php
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gAZ8zB9AM756uRRnvQ9xTzpBRRfQD90FOQV00
Here is Chile:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24483158/
Maybe we should put scrubbers on those…

Argentina Closes Six Facilities for Polluting River

The Environment Secretariat of Argentina closed a poultry feed maker, a petrochemical company, three metalworking firms and a recylcing center on the contaminated Matanza-Riachuelo River basin.  They previously closed 80 facilities, but most were reopened after correcting violations.  The moves are part of a $1.8 billion cleanup of the river basin ordered by the Argentine [...]