House O.K.'s nuclear national “park” as Hanford cleanup lags
Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer
Los Álamos :: Chile | updated 2013-06-14 13:38:00 -0700 | green-news
House of Representatives has approved creation of a Manhattan Project National Historical Park at Hanford and two other sites, just a week after the federal government said it won't be able to meet deadlines for cleaning up radioactive waste on...
Salmon test negative for infectious salmon anemia, Washington state study finds
Source: The Globe & Mail
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-30 17:52:37 -0700 | green-news
Europe Video Now the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, working in conjunction with several other groups, says wide ranging tests for the disease have all come back negative. In Washington State, no signs of the disease or the virus...
Another setback for Barrick's troubled Pascua-Lama gold mine
Source: The Globe & Mail
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-30 16:54:29 -0700 | green-news
The Globe and Mail The gallery will appear after a short message Since the Barrick Gold Corp. project moved in, residents of El Corral, a small town in the foothills of the Andes, claim river levels have dropped, the water...
Chile, Argentina on red alert over volcano activity
Source: Fox
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-27 21:48:33 -0700 | green-news
Chile Chilean and Argentine officials issued a red alert Monday for the increasingly active Copahue volcano bordering the two countries and ordered the evacuation of about 3,000 people. Chilean Interior and Security Minister Andres Chadwick said the increased activity...
Chile issues volcano evacuation order
Source: BBC
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-27 12:32:52 -0700 | green-news
Evacuation order for Copahue area Residents living near Copahue were also evacuated last year after the volcano erupted (file picture) The authorities in Chile have ordered the evacuation of more than 2,000 people living near the Copahue volcano in the...
Chile issues red alert over Copahue volcano
Source: Fox News
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-27 20:46:13 -0700 | green-news
Chile Chile has issued a red alert for the Copahue volcano on the border with Argentina that has become increasingly active. The nearly 10,000-foot (2,965-meter) volcano sits in the Andes cordillera, straddling the border with Argentina's Neuquen province.
Chile's indigenous fight world's largest gold miners to protect environment
Source: Fox
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-25 17:57:51 -0700 | green-news
Published May 25, 2013 Associated Press Chile's Indigenous Fight Gold Miners To Protect Land River levels have dropped, the water is murky in places and indigenous Chileans now complain of cancerous growths and aching stomachs. Chile The Diaguita Indians...
Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
Source: The Boston Globe
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-25 01:29:12 -0700 | green-news
Chile (AP) The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and...
Chile blocks world's highest mine project
Source: Arizona Republic
Vallenar :: Chile | updated 2013-05-24 16:22:51 -0700 | green-news
Chile's environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing "serious violations" of its environmental permit. The $16 million fine is the maximum allowable under Chilean law.
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake reported off Chile
Source: Fox
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-20 05:36:13 -0700 | green-news
Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT), at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), some...
Large earthquake strikes off coast of Chile
Source: Fox News
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-20 04:46:33 -0700 | green-news
Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT) Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),...
Hundreds of dead animals wash up on Chile's shores
Source: Fox News
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-17 11:44:46 -0700 | green-news
Chile Chilean officials are investigating the death of hundreds of penguins, pelicans and other animals that are washing up on the county's shores. Authorities say they suspect that fishermen using explosives may have killed the animals found at the...
Chilean Judge Upholds Manslaughter Charges Against Officials Over Tsunami Alert
Source: Newyork Times
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2013-05-16 16:43:36 -0700 | green-news
Chile A judge dismissed an appeal to suspend involuntary manslaughter charges against four government officials accused of failing to issue a tsunami alert after the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile in 2010. This court believes that not enough was done...
PUA to revive summer electricity savings program
Source: Jerusalem Post
Púa :: Chile | updated 2013-05-15 11:47:28 -0700 | green-news
Wikimedia Commons After reporting a successful summer 2012 operation, the Public Utility Authority (PUA) will be reviving its electricity program that allows customers to save up to 20 percent on their electricity bills during the year's hottest months.
Codelco plans $US27B investment
Source: The Age
Antofagasta :: Chile | updated 2013-05-08 15:44:44 -0700 | green-news
Chief executive Thomas Keller on Wednesday said the investment program, "the largest in (Codelco's) history," will enable the company to remain the world's largest copper producer while implementing new environmental and social policies. "We have a unique opportunity to incorporate...
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