Panama leads as plastic bags exit supermarkets, retail stores
Starting Saturday, July 20 Panama will become the first country in Central America to enforce a law prohibiting the use...
ENVIRONMENT
Water crisis needs radical changes in Idaan
Panama’s Chamber of Commerce (Cciap) has joined the Canal Authority (ACP) in voicing concerns about the future of the country’s...
$5000 reward for missing harpy eagle
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the theft of a harpy eagle from the Summit National Park...
OPINION: Environmental devastation
The extension of the Omar Torrijos road has become an icon of predatory devastation and government negligence. Its adverse...
Neopanamax canal transits reduce CO2 emissions
Five or six Neopanamax vessels pass through the new locks of the Panama Canal every day. They are 50% container...
OPINION: Environmental absurdityE
In June 2017, the then minister in charge of Environment approved a resolution that took away the decision-making capacity of...
ENVIRONMENT: Mankind’s suicide mission
During a trip to the Glacier National Park in Montana, I came face to face with a giant mountain...
Panama steps up solar use to fight climate change
IN LINE with its commitment to the Paris climate accord, Panama will install in the next few months 100...
A Panama Canal without water nightmare
Despite recent rains, in the record held by the authority of the Panama Canal, the semester between December 2018 and...
Canal Basin Rainfall Lowest In 106 Years
Between December 2018 and May 2019, there was a deficit in the average rainfall recorded in the Panama Canal...
ENVIRONMENT: G20 moves on plastic waste
The end of plastic garbage bags in Panama’s supermarkets is only days away and other countries like Canada and members...
