Tag: #brumadinho

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High court to decide on venue for Brumadinho dam collapse case

2 years ago • Lucas Berti

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Feds present 21 indictment requests for Brumadinho disaster

2 years ago • TBR Newsroom

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Deadly dams still in operation years after Brumadinho tragedy

Brazilian federal law forbids the construction of unsafe upstream dams in the country, such as the ones that collapsed in Brumadinho and Mariana, but many are still in operation

2 years ago • Renato Alves

Brumadinho was destroyed in 2019. Photo: Ilana Lansky/Shutterstock

Tech Roundup: Reforesting Brumadinho

New tech helps reforest Brumadinho after the 2019 dam tragedy, and 2021 already setting records for startup investment

3 years ago • Ana Ferraz

Class-action lawsuit seeks reparation from Norwegian giant for disaster

11,000 Brazilian families sue Norwegian miner for environmental disaster

Norwegian giant Norsk Hydro repeatedly discharged toxic waste into rivers surrounding the town of Barcarena, damaging the local environment

3 years ago • Renato Alves

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Numbers of the week: Feb. 6, 2021

A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil

3 years ago • Gustavo Ribeiro

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Five years after Mariana disaster, families still await compensation

In what was the largest environmental tragedy in Brazil's history, 60 million cubic meters of toxic tailings spilled into neighborhoods and rivers

3 years ago • Renato Alves

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What has Vale learned after multiple disasters?

Prosecutors launch new lawsuits against Vale, claiming that the mining giant has only made cosmetic changes since multiple recent disasters

4 years ago • Benjamin Fogel