The Punjab Pollution Control Board declared that it has taken samples of water and plants from Satluj river in Punjab to evaluate the damage caused by a furnace oil spill after a thermal power plant pipeline burst two days ago.
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The Peruvian government announced refusal to bail out the U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run, which has caused severe pollution in the highlands city of La Oroya, from its severe financial troubles.
José Luis Capella with the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law stated:
It should also be checked whether the bond letter and trust agreed with [...]
With plans for a huge new copper-nickel mine well under way in home state of Minnesota, the main issue of how to deal with external costs is worth considering.
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Dozens of citizens from Appalachia have voiced their support for Clean Water Protection Act, hoping that the measure will pass and in turn prohibit the dumping of coal mining waste into nearby streams, polluting water and destroying Kentucky’s Appalachian Mountains.
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Patriot Coal Corp. will pay $6.5 million as fine for violating hundreds of water pollution norms at mining operations across West Virginia.
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According to an US EPA official, the risks from the contaminated Callahan mine to environment and human health is sufficient to warrant conducting a feasibility study.
Ed Hathaway, EPA’s remedial project manager for the site, was quoted as saying:
Moving on to the feasibility study is justified. The site and the area around it register the highest [...]
A Federal judge has ruled out that Newpont Mining is partly responsible for cleaning up pollution at a Uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation.
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Monday, April 27, 2009
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