NewsWhore
06-05-2008, 02:30 PM
The Progressive Environmental Movement is angered at the fact that another World Environment Day is here and the government has yet to punish those responsible for dumping the so-called rockash or fly ash in Samana and Manzanillo. Engineer Paino Abreu Collado says that although six years have passed since the case came to light, there is yet to be a definite decision on the matter, and the rockash has not yet been cleaned up.
In 2007 the Dominican government sued the AES Corporation for dumping tons of rockash in the DR. The case was tried in a Virginia court. In March 2007 it was announced by then Environment Minister Max Puig that the money awarded to the DR would pay for the rockash removal. According to Puig, the removal of the substance would end up benefiting the surrounding areas. Puig said that the US$6 million (RD$200 million) compensation that the AES Corporation agreed to pay would be deposited in a US bank and would be used to pay the companies that were contracted to clean up the polluted areas. No word from the government or AES since this announcement was made.
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In 2007 the Dominican government sued the AES Corporation for dumping tons of rockash in the DR. The case was tried in a Virginia court. In March 2007 it was announced by then Environment Minister Max Puig that the money awarded to the DR would pay for the rockash removal. According to Puig, the removal of the substance would end up benefiting the surrounding areas. Puig said that the US$6 million (RD$200 million) compensation that the AES Corporation agreed to pay would be deposited in a US bank and would be used to pay the companies that were contracted to clean up the polluted areas. No word from the government or AES since this announcement was made.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#8)