November 8, 2012
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Soil & Groundwater Newsletter November 8, 2012 |
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EPA Completes Cleanup System for Soil, Water Contamination in Grants, NM
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New Mexico Environment Department marked the completion of a new system to address contamination from a plume of chemicals in Grants, New Mexico. The chemicals, called chlorinated solvents, are believed to have come from a dry-cleaning business. The contamination spread through soils and a shallow aquifer under the city, which led the EPA to designate the site for cleanup under the Superfund program. The new system includes more than 570 wells placed throughout the plume. The wells are filled with emulsified vegetable oil, which stimulates ... | ||
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Argentine judge slaps embargo on $19 billion in chevron assets
In a major blow to Chevron’s effort to avoid paying a historic $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador, an Argentine judge today signed the first of what is expected to be many orders freezing billions of dollars of assets owned by the U.S. oil company. The order, signed by Civil Judge Adrian Elcuj Miranda of the Commercial Court of Justice in Buenos Aries, freezes almost all Chevron assets in Argentina pending enforcement of the Ecuador judgment. The embargo applies to 100% of Chevron`s capital in Argentina, 100% of dividends, all of Chevron`s stake in pipeline operator Oleoductos ... | ||
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