The thermoelectric central project in the site of Punta Alcalde in the city of Huasco, Chile includes two generating units with a total installed capacity of 740 MW. The population of Huasco was raising the alarm since they are already suffering high contamination induced by the petcoke fuel used by the thermoelectric Guacolda. For the [...]
In November 2010, the Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) granted the Colombian Petroleum Company (Ecopetrol) and the companies Repsol (Spain) and YPF (Argentina) a license to explore and exploit potential sources of gas in two areas of the San Andres Archipelago, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Located in the south-western Caribbean, off the coast of Nicaragua, [...]
In November 2010, the Colombian National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) granted the Colombian Petroleum Company (Ecopetrol) and the companies Repsol (Spain) and YPF (Argentina) a license to explore and exploit potential sources of gas in two areas of the San Andres Archipelago, Providencia and Santa Catalina. Located in the south-western Caribbean, off the coast of Nicaragua, [...]
The thermoelectric central project in the site of Punta Alcalde in the city of Huasco, Chile includes two generating units with a total installed capacity of 740 MW. The population of Huasco was raising the alarm since they are already suffering high contamination induced by the petcoke fuel used by the thermoelectric Guacolda. For the [...]
For sixty years, the United States Navy occupied up to 70% of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as a training ground for live-fire practice and as a bomb testing site. This led to the displacement of half of the island’s inhabitants who were relocated to the center portion of the island. This brought about [...]
Several companies are currently planning to explore for gas and oil in the Balearic Sea (Gulf of Valencia and Gulf of Lion). This prospection involves areas of the Spanish coast: Balearic Islands, Community of Valencia and Catalonia. Currently in the exploration phase, Cairn Energy (though its subsidiary company Capricorn Spain Limited) plans to carry out [...]
Several companies are currently planning to explore for gas and oil in the Balearic Sea (Gulf of Valencia and Gulf of Lion). This prospection involves areas of the Spanish coast: Balearic Islands, Community of Valencia and Catalonia. Currently in the exploration phase, Cairn Energy (though its subsidiary company Capricorn Spain Limited) plans to carry out [...]
The Pontevedra river hosts two very polluting companies which have been dumping their waste into the river for many years: ENCE, a pulp mill and biomass energy producer and ELNOSA, a chemical company which produces chlorine-derivatives. There are 963,511 potentially affected people (local population of Pontevedra). These companies were supposed to leave the river by [...]
The Pontevedra river in Galicia (Spain) hosts two very polluting companies which have been dumping their waste into the river for many years: ENCE, a pulp mill and biomass energy producer and ELNOSA, a chemical company which produces chlorine-derivatives. There are 963,511 potentially affected people (local population of Pontevedra). These companies were supposed to leave [...]
La enormemente sobredimensionada cría porcina existente en la comarca de Osona produce un residuo en forma de purines que contamina gravemente los suelos y los acuíferos de toda la zona. El resultado es que más del 50% de las fuentes de agua de Osona están contaminadas por los nitratos provenientes de los purines y no son [...]
