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Brazil Prosecutors Ask Court to Remove Vale Managers Over Safety Concerns September 3, 2020 By Sabrina Valle and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state are seeking a court order for miner Vale SA...
BHP Labels English Lawsuit Over Brazil Dam Failure Pointless, Wasteful July 22, 2020 By Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala LONDON — Anglo-Australian miner BHP has dismissed as pointless and wasteful a 5 billion pound ($6.3 billion) English lawsuit by...
Indiana’s Worst Environmental Disaster, 20 Years Later December 31, 2019 By Sarah Bowman ANDERSON, Ind. — Twenty years later, Jim Hensley still remembers that call. The longtime machinist was sitting in the shop...
New Orleans Hurricane Wall Creates Good Fishing Spot December 27, 2011 By BOB MARSHALL Anglers in the wetlands surrounding New Orleans, La., never have to look very far to be reminded they are living...