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Chile fines Barrick $15.8M over gold mine project
Mining company Barrick Gold Corp. was fined $15.8 million Friday by the Chilean government for allegedly violating environmental controls at its flagship mine. Barrick halted construction last month at the Pascua-Lama mine's Chilean operations after government officials ordered the company to stop work because of "serious violations" of environmental standards that followed ...
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Energy suppliers held back gas during UK shortage
gas in storage tanks at a time when the market ran into an acute shortage two months ago, triggering a doubling of wholesale prices.The revelations came after claims the UK was within six hours of running out of gas completely on 22 March and will feed rising public and political anger over soaring power bills and previous allegations of market manipulation.The National Grid, which keeps data on ...
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Groups Slam Environmental Defense Fund for Fracking Greenwash
Environmental groups and activists slammed the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) this week for partnering with a coalition of Big Energy companies and pro-fracking groups, saying there is "nothing sustainable about shale oil or shale ...
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Offshore Drilling In Virginia Would Threaten Coastal Economy Environment And Naval Operations
Fleet Composite Squadron 6 conducts boat operations off coast of Naval Station Norfolk, VA. (Credit: U.S. Navy) Yesterday Terry McAuliffe, Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial candidate, ...
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3-D Printers Are Saving Lives and Serving Pizzas
Biomedical engineers at the University of Michigan have revealed how they used 3-D printing technology to fashion a tiny, custom-made implant that helped save the life of a newborn baby boy.And the Texas-based engineering firm Systems and Materials Research Corporation has just received a $125,000 grant from NASA to develop a printer that can fabricate pizzas for astronauts to eat in ...
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Choose tough trees for tough spots in Wests landscapes
"Sutherland" peashrub has a multi-stem form that works well in a hedge. IPTC: "Sutherland" peashrub has a multi-stem form that works well in a hedge. CREDIT Provided by CSU--> (Provided by Colorado State University) When selecting trees, some homeowners think the sky's the limit. But they eventually discover this isn't the case when their English oaks invade ...
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Advocates Cheer Tightening of Extractives Transparency Standards
- Development groups and corruption watchdogs are applauding landmark new standards adopted Wednesday by an international initiative focused on ensuring greater transparency among oil and mining companies operating particularly in developing ...
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New construction in tourism industry – signs of recovery or misplaced optimism?
The whole of Central America has been affected by the global downturn. One of the industries effected most has been tourism, and while many construction and expansion projects were planned during the heady days of 2007 and early 2008, the region may now be facing a huge oversupply problem in terms of hotel accommodation, although there are signs of light on the horizon.
In 2006, the Tourism Ministers of various countries in the region came together at San Ramon for a conference and told Central American news providers that the tourism industry for the region as whole had grown by an average of 11%, which account for, on average, 5% of the region’s GDP for that year, in addition, there was astounding growth in the number of European tourists travelling to Central America, a 147% increase in fact. Read more
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