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BHP braces for Brazil dam lawsuit
2015-11-29 14:54:09| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Mining giant BHP is bracing for a $5.2bn lawsuit from Brazil's government over the devastating collapse at the Samarco mine.
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Brazil to sue mining companies BHP & Vale for $5bn over dam disaster
2015-11-28 03:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Brazils government has announced it will sue mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale for $US5.2bn after the deadly collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine sent 60 million cubic meters of mud and mine waste cascading into the Atlantic ocean and left more than 13 people dead. Environment minister Izabella Teixeira said a lawsuit would be filed demanding that the companies and the mine operator Samarco, which they co-own, create a fund of 20 billion reais to pay for environmental recovery and compensation...
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Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil
2015-11-27 23:04:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Deforestation jumped 16 percent in the Brazilian Amazon for the year ended July 31, 2015, but still remained well below historical levels. Forest loss amounted to 5,831 square kilometers, an area half the size of Los Angeles. The rise, which was announced just ahead of the opening of U.N. climate talks in Paris, had been widely anticipated based on data from short-term satellite-based monitoring systems. Deforestation jumped 16 percent in the Brazilian Amazon to 5,831 square kilometers for...
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Brazil to sue BHP, Vale for $5 billion damages for dam burst
2015-11-27 20:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Brazil's federal and state governments plan to sue the owners of the Samarco iron ore miner for 20 billion reais ($5.24 billion)in damages caused by the burst of a tailings dam, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira told reporters on Friday. Samarco is a joint venture between the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton Ltd, and the biggest iron ore miner, Vale SA. The dam burst earlier this month unleashed 60 million cubic meters of mud and mine waste that devastated a village, killed...
In Brazil, Deforestation Is Up, And So Is The Risk Of Tree Extinction
2015-11-27 18:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The rate of deforestation in Brazil has increased by 16 percent over the past year, the country's Environment Ministry announced. Brazil has often declared progress in reducing the rate of deforestation in the Amazon, but the government's own figures, released Thursday, show the challenges still facing the country. Satellite imagery showed that 2,251 square miles were destroyed in Brazil's Amazon from August 2014 to July 2015, compared with 1,935 square miles destroyed in the same period a...
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