While thousands of drivers in Peru’s capital are converting their gasoline powered vehicles to run on Peru’s abundant supply of less expensive natural gas, one economist says the savings aren’t as substantial as they should be because filling stations are gouging customers with artificially high costs to compress the fuel into their tanks.
“The lower cost […]

Thirty-four thousand vehicles in Peru’s capital, Lima, have converted their engines to natural gas and the Peruvian Natural Gas Vehicle Association predicts that 30,000 more will make the switch by the end of the year.
“This market is growing at an accelerated pace, especially in Lima. And if we maintain a good rhythm, we could convert […]

Peru President Alan Garcia enacted a legislative decree to declare a 60-day state of emergency in 11 of Peru’s 24 departments Thursday as temperatures in the Andes region continue to drop dramatically and claim the lives of residents.
As Peru remains in the grip of intense cold — meteorologists have registered temperatures dipping to -22°C, or […]

Peru President Alan Garcia enacted emergency legislative decree Nº 023-2008 Thursday to transfer 12 million soles, or about $4.2 million, to the newly created Environment Ministry after Congress refused to allow the transfer two weeks ago.
Provisions in the decree, published this morning in the official state daily El Peruano, authorize Environment Minister Antonio Brack to […]

Peru President Alan Garcia plans to enact an emergency legislative decree to transfer 12 million soles, or about $4.2 million, to the newly created Environment Ministry after Congress failed to make the allocation last week, said Environment Minster Antonio Brack late Thursday night.
“Legislative decree N°1013 which created the Environment Ministry has already been ratified. But […]

The cold weather death toll continues to rise in Peru’s southern highlands after a snowstorm hit the Puno region and led to the death Wednesday of a 9 month-old baby. The meteorological phenomenon, which was widely reported in Peru’s newspapers Thursday morning, left up to 6 cm, or 2.36 inches of snow, in some areas.
Several […]

Peru Agriculture Minister Ismael Benavides said Wednesday he will sign a legislative decree to establish an agrarian compensation program to get in line with U.S.-Peru FTA requirements.
The compensation program, Benavides told state news agency Andina, is to be funded by the Public Treasury and the Inter-American Development Bank. It will administer $700 million over the […]

The chief of the Lima Water and Sewer Company or SEDAPAL has issued an amber alert and warned about possible water rationing in 2009 for the world’s second largest desert city after Cairo, Egypt.
SEDAPAL President Guillermo León predicted Monday that next year’s water shortage is almost inevitable because snow reserves are diminishing and meteorologists predict […]

Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s government this week cut down on fuel subsidies and increased prices at the pumps by 4 percent to fend off skyrocketing world oil prices.
“We didn’t expect the increase in the form of speculation,” Finance Minister Luis Carranza told reporters, explaining that the nation’s $464 million fuel stabilization fund offered a manageable […]

A Peruvian environmental organization was awarded the prestigious Energy Globe award during a ceremony hosted by the European Parliament for its work promoting sustainable solid waste management programs in Peru and five other Latin American countries.
The non-profit Peruvian Ciudad Saludable, or “Healthy City” was recognized Monday for its enterprise-driven model promoting the establishment and operation […]