Politicians Fined for Environmental Negligence

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The Riachuelo River, which runs along the southern side of Buenos Aires and into the Boca neighborhood, is notorious for its stench.

An Argentine court has fined the country’s environmental secretary and two politicians for failing to clean up the polluted Riachuelo River that winds through Buenos Aires, a move unique and commendable for its accountability of politicians to citizens’ concerns. —JCL

The Associated Press:

Environmentalists praised a judge on Wednesday for fining Argentina’s environmental secretary and two local politicians for failing to clean up the polluted river that flows sluggishly through the heart of the capital.

More than 4,100 sources of pollution, including tanneries; oil, chemical, and metal plants; industrial food plants; and illegal sewage pipes drain into the Riachuelo, one of Argentina’s worst environmental hotspots.

There are at least 110 open garbage dumps along the river, according to the Foundation for the Environment and Natural Resources, an Argentine environmental group.

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By MarthaA, October 30, 2009 at 5:07 am Link to this comment

Fines and Criminal Prosecution.

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By gerard, October 29, 2009 at 10:12 pm Link to this comment

Hanford, Los Alamos, Savannah River, Three Mile Island, Yucca Flats, Tennessee Valley Authority, Appalachia, Marshall Islands, Bhopal, Nigeria, the plastic island in the Pacific—to name a few that come to mind. Not to mention Iraq and Afghanistan, Palestine and the Amazon Valley and China.

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By MarthaA, October 29, 2009 at 1:39 pm Link to this comment

Now, if we can see some fines for our own government’s Legislators that aren’t doing anything about what needs to be done for the welfare of the people of the Common Population, the infrastructure and the environment.

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