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Chilean Researchers Link Urban Pollution, Glacier Retreat

10 Dec 2013- 10:18 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile Researchers from Chile’s Center for Environmental Technologies (CETAM) have found a link between urban pollution and glacier retreat in the Andes region. A CETAM study found that pollutant particulates from the Chilean capital, Santiago,
200 Million People at Risk of Exposure to Toxic Pollution Globally

6 Nov 2013- 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent NEW YORK, NY, United States More than 200 million people in low- and medium-income countries are at risk of exposure to toxic pollution, according to the new report released this week by sustainability NGO Green Cross Switzerland and international anti
OCLA Says Chile’s Pascua Lama Mining Project Impacts Glaciers, Water Supply

28 Oct 2013- 10:02 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile Representatives of NGO the Latin American Environmental Conflict Observatory (OCLA) have renewed criticism of Toronto-based miner Barrick Gold’s $8.5 billion USD Pascua Lama gold and silver mine. The OCLA has issued a new report that
Chilean Court Orders Investigation Into Barrick Gold’s Reduced Fine

24 Jun 2013- 10:04 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTIAGO, Chile Chile’s supreme environmental court late last week gave the country’s environmental regulator, the Environmental Superintendent (SMA), 10 days to explain why it reduced fines levied against Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold for
Barrick Gold Will Continue Work on Argentina Side of Pascua Lama Mine

Despite being ordered by a Chilean court to stop work on the portion of the Pascua Lama mine that falls within its borders, Canada-based miner Barrick Gold announced this week that it will continue to develop the mine on its Argentine side.
Argentina's Pascua Lama Mine Without Water

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Chilean Researchers Link Urban Pollution, Glacier Retreat

200 Million People at Risk of Exposure to Toxic Pollution Globally

OCLA Says Chile’s Pascua Lama Mining Project Impacts Glaciers, Water Supply

Chilean Court Orders Investigation Into Barrick Gold’s Reduced Fine

Barrick Gold Will Continue Work on Argentina Side of Pascua Lama Mine

Argentina's Pascua Lama Mine Without Water