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Mining company executives indicted in Brazil over countrys largest environmental disaster
2016-01-15 03:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Yesterday, Brazils federal police in Minas Gerais charged Samarco CEO, Ricardo Vescovi De Aragao, for environmental crimes caused by the disruption of the Fundo tailings dam Brazils largest environmental disaster. The Samarco and Vale mining companies were also indicted, as well as VogBR Recursos Hídricos e Geotécnica, responsible for signing the statement that declared the dam stable just last year. In a message to Mongabay, VogBRs CEO, André Euzébio, cleared his company of any wrongdoing,...
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