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"THE ONLY THING NECESSARY FOR THE TRIUMPH OF EVIL IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING"
--Burke

Friday, May 15, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Henry, singing "Just say No to ASARCO"

Trafigura says that it never happened



Papers prove Trafigura ship dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast
guardian.co.uk - UK
Documents have emerged which detail for the first time the potentially lethal nature of toxic waste dumped by British-based oil traders in one of west ...
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Chicontepec oil project

"Mexican energy giant Pemex has delayed a 170-well tender for the Chicontepec oil project citing technical reasons.

Baker Hughes submitted the lowest bid earlier this year on a contract for the drilling and 170 wells on the Chicontepc paleocanyon, in a region overlapping both Veracruz and Puebla states.

Industry sources said Baker Hughes bid $160.7 million, just ahead of Mexico's Zapata drilling outfit, with $160.9 million, while US giant Halliburton was in third place with $170 million."

Mexico delays Chicontepec bids


Expensive to clean up groundwater

... IBWC has been saying this for eight years...

Google Blogs Alert for: asarco

Groundwater part of Asarco cleanup | MINING.com News
By Individual.com
Cleaning the polluted groundwater beneath the Asarco smelter will be the most expensive part of removing 100 years of contamination at the site, according t.
MINING.com News - http://news.mining.com/

"Groundwater part of Asarco cleanup
Diana Washington Valdez
EL PASO, May 12, 2009 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Cleaning the polluted groundwater beneath the Asarco smelter will be the most expensive part of removing 100 years of contamination at the site, according to the government's proposed plan."

Somalia and the toxic Waste: Biggest class action suit ever in Britain


'Dirty tricks' over toxic waste
BBC News - UK
It arises from the dumping of toxic waste three years ago in Ivory Coast's largest city, Abidjan. In the aftermath, up to 100000 people fell sick and 16 ...
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 This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google.

"By Liz MacKean
BBC Newsnight reporter


London's High Court will on Wednesday hear allegations of dirty tricks in the biggest class action ever brought before the British courts."

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

It is all about Closure and no DISCLOSURE

and the May 11 2009 EPA/DOJ/TCEQ Asarco bankruptcy 'meeting' was
same-old-same-old

They assigned a privately-hired Attorney to mediate for them.