Petrobras ordered to pay big indemnity award

August 2013

Costa Rica

Forest clearing bans are seen as a promising tool

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Ecuador

Correa taking his Yasuní-protection offer off table

In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa pitched what seemed a compelling idea: if the international community would donate US$3.6 billion to an independently managed trust ......

Argentina

Concern in Argentina about farming impacts

Argentina’s ever-expanding agricultural industry is poised to push onto 9 million hectares (22 million acres) of land currently occupied by small farmers and indigenous peoples, ......

Brazil

Petrobras ordered to pay big indemnity award

In one of the largest indemnity awards ever issued for environmental damages in Brazil, a federal judge in the southern state of Paraná has ordered ......

Costa Rica

Arrests in murder of turtle conservationist

On the eve of the two-month anniversary of the murder of Costa Rican turtle conservationist Jairo Mora, green groups in eight countries were planning protests ......

Around the Region

Assessing the environmental record of Nafta, 20 years on

The three-nation Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s public-advisory committee is planning to hold a public review next month of the effectiveness of the environmental side accord ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

In the cause of conservation, a new entrée

For more than 50 years, Vesuvio, a white-tablecloth seaside restaurant here, has done a brisk business serving up local specialties caught from the Caribbean. But ......

Q&A

Champion of ‘citizen science’ weighs in on hydro debate

Bill McLarney is cofounder of Asociación ANAI, a nonprofit promoting conservation and sustainable development in Costa Rica’s Talamanca region and nearby areas of Panama. McLarney ......

Petrobras ordered to pay big indemnity award

Brazil

In one of the largest indemnity awards ever issued for environmental damages in Brazil, a federal judge in the southern state of Paraná has ordered the state oil company Petrobras to pay R$610.7 million (US$260 million) for polluting two rivers when it spilled one million gallons (4 million liters) of crude from a refinery pipeline in July 2000. A combination of human error and equipment problems caused the refinery pipeline to rupture and crude to contaminate the nearby Barigui River as well as the Iguaçu, a major river in southern Brazil. (See “Petrobras speeds safety plans after second spill”—EcoAméricas, Aug. ’00.) But the 74.5-mile (120-kilometer) slick was contained before reaching the famed Iguaçu Falls farther downstream. Petrobras paid a R... [Log in to read more]

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August 2013

Costa Rica

Forest clearing bans are seen as a promising tool

From the 1970s to the early 1990s, residents of northern Costa Rica watched as their forested landscape underwent a radical transformation. First cattle ranchers, then ......

Ecuador

Correa taking his Yasuní-protection offer off table

In 2007, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa pitched what seemed a compelling idea: if the international community would donate US$3.6 billion to an independently managed trust ......

Argentina

Concern in Argentina about farming impacts

Argentina’s ever-expanding agricultural industry is poised to push onto 9 million hectares (22 million acres) of land currently occupied by small farmers and indigenous peoples, ......

Brazil

Petrobras ordered to pay big indemnity award

In one of the largest indemnity awards ever issued for environmental damages in Brazil, a federal judge in the southern state of Paraná has ordered ......

Costa Rica

Arrests in murder of turtle conservationist

On the eve of the two-month anniversary of the murder of Costa Rican turtle conservationist Jairo Mora, green groups in eight countries were planning protests ......

Around the Region

Assessing the environmental record of Nafta, 20 years on

The three-nation Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s public-advisory committee is planning to hold a public review next month of the effectiveness of the environmental side accord ......

Centerpiece (Free Read)

In the cause of conservation, a new entrée

For more than 50 years, Vesuvio, a white-tablecloth seaside restaurant here, has done a brisk business serving up local specialties caught from the Caribbean. But ......

Q&A

Champion of ‘citizen science’ weighs in on hydro debate

Bill McLarney is cofounder of Asociación ANAI, a nonprofit promoting conservation and sustainable development in Costa Rica’s Talamanca region and nearby areas of Panama. McLarney ......