Brazil's Greatest Environmental Catastrophe - Samarco's Fundao Tailings Dam

According to the Brazilian biologist Augusto Rischi, the only way to understand the magnitude of the environmental damage caused is in comparison with the Fukushima nuclear accident. Another police investigation was conducted, when the delegate in charge indicated that those who died were victims of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Environmental policy and law 2016-10, Vol.46 (5), p.334
Hauptverfasser:	da Fonseca, Patricia Galindo, da Fonseca, Ivan Galindo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agreements Class action lawsuits Criminal investigations Environmental impact Environmental law Jurisdiction Licenses Murders & murder attempts Natural resources Preventive detention Principles Public prosecutors Scandals Sludge
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Zusammenfassung:	According to the Brazilian biologist Augusto Rischi, the only way to understand the magnitude of the environmental damage caused is in comparison with the Fukushima nuclear accident. Another police investigation was conducted, when the delegate in charge indicated that those who died were victims of homicide, proposing unconditional public prosecution and preventive detention of six Samarco employees, including the company's CEO, for "manslaughter by willful misconduct".
ISSN:	0378-777X 1878-5395