ROSEAU, Dominica – In a small island nation on the eastern edge of the Caribbean, there is a species of wild sea moss, or red algae, called Gracilaria that Dominicans have traditionally farmed and used to make drinks, gels and other products such as textile dyes.

ATHENS – The United States says it is allocating more than US$508 million to protect “our ocean” by advancing marine protected areas, maritime security, the sustainable blue economy and sustainable fisheries, supporting ocean solutions to the climate crisis and combating marine pollution. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica -Jamaica's government says it will spend an estimated J$150 million to facilitate the trucking of water and procurement and distribution of water tanks to areas as the island combats a persistent drought situation.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said it had secured international compensation for the ongoing oil spill clean up in Tobago, with early estimates putting the damage as much as US$20 million dollars.

ABU DHABI – Dominica is offering its experience in geothermal energy development to fellow Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries such as Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as they seek to develop their own energy sector.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says 2024 is shaping up to be a year of climate extremes in the Caribbean.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Suriname environment officials are investigating the cause responsible for the hundreds of dead fishes and sea turtles washing up on the beaches near the Amerindian village Galibiat in the Marowijne District.

WASHINGTON, DC – The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has confirmed the fourth global coral bleach event in the Caribbean.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) says the water levels at Dominica’s Boiling Lake, have changed significantly in recent days, saying it is a phenomenon that has occurred several times since 1876.

ABU DHABI – The St. Kitts=Nevis government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the  UAE-based K&K Group and Siemens Energy, a global leader in the energy business to initiate the groundbreaking geothermal energy project in the twin island Federation. 

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The sub-regional dialogue on national biodiversity strategies began here on Monday with delegates being told that the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the region, make the Caribbean particularly dependent on healthy ecosystems.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts-Nevis government is moving to ban single-use plastics implementing a three-phase structure that will affect the importation, sale, and distribution of several items.