Ship with suspected toxic waste returns to Albania
Durrës (Albania) (AFP) - A ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of possibly toxic industrial waste returned to Albania's largest seaport ...
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BHP, Vale agree to pay $30bn damages for Brazil dam disaster
Brasília (AFP) - Mining giants BHP and Vale on Friday signed a deal with Brazil's government to pay nearly $30 ...
BHP denies responsibility for 2015 Brazil mine disaster at London trial
London (AFP) - Australian mining giant BHP on Wednesday denied responsibility for a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, one of ...
London trial probes 2015 Brazil mine disaster
London (AFP) - A trial to determine whether Australian mining giant BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental ...
BHP goes on trial in London over 2015 toxic Brazil mine disaster
London (AFP) - Australian mining giant BHP goes on trial on Monday over one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, potentially ...
Trial into Brazil mining disaster to open in London
London (AFP) - A long-awaited trial into whether Australian miner BHP is liable for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters ...
Portugal looks to put new twist on cork industry
Mozelos (Portugal) (AFP) - Portugal, the world's leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to ...
‘Welcome relief’: Asia producers hail EU deforestation law delay
Bangkok (AFP) - Producers from Malaysia's palm oil industry to Vietnam's coffee sector on Thursday welcomed a European Union decision ...
‘People will come back’: Kazakhstan debates nuclear future
Ülken (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - In the semi-abandoned village of Ulken on a giant steppe, Anna Kapustina, a mother of five, ...
So where does the oceans’ plastic waste come from?
Paris (AFP) - In the form of bottles, tyres, packaging and piping, millions of tonnes of plastic waste are dumped ...
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