Citing Melting Glaciers, Peruvian Farmer Tests Global Climate Law
The glaciers are at the center of a landmark global case that will test the legal culpability of corporations over their greenhouse gas emissions and the role these play in climate change that is leading to more extreme weather around the world.
Peruvian farmer sues German energy firm over melting glaciers
Glaciers in Peru are melting amid rising global temperatures, which, in turn, has increased the risk of flooding in the city of Huaraz. In a landmark trial due to start March 17, local farmer and mountain guide Saul Luciano Lliuya is suing German energy firm RWE over its alleged role in the crisis.
The body of American climber William Stampfl has been found on the side of the Huascaran mountain in Peru where he went missing. The 59-year-old was first reported missing in June 2002 following ...
At least six people died in a multiple vehicle crash that occurred Thursday night on the North Pan-American Highway in the ...
Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Dans la Cordillera Blanca, chaîne montagneuse tropicale la plus élevée du monde, le mont Huascaran culmine à 6 768 m. Les ravins profonds, aux ...
But in June, Stampfl’s son got a call from a stranger who said he had come across the climber’s frozen, and mostly intact body, as he made his own ascent up Huascaran. “It was so out of left ...
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