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On December 21, 2020, environmental crimes investigators in the western Argentine province of Neuquén carried out a raid against a company that handles fracking waste in the heart of the Vaca Muerta shale basin, a booming oil and gas field in northern Patagonia. They seized a cache of documents, and opened an investigation into the potential illegal handling of massive volumes of fracking waste.
The raid on the Argentine waste company Comarsa by the office of Environmental Crimes and Special Laws, a unit under Neuquén’s chief prosecutor, was prompted by a lengthy criminal complaint filed to the office just a few days earlier by a group of environmental lawyers. Within the complaint, the lawyers document what they describe as a decade-long illegal accumulation of toxic fracking waste at multiple sites in the city of Neuquén, the largest city in Patago
David Icke interview resurfaces with multiple false claims about Covid-19
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The video has been viewed millions of times.
AFP – A video of British author David Icke talking about Covid-19 has been viewed millions of times since it was first published in April 2020, and recently picked up steam again on social media. The hour-long clip shared on Facebook is from a longer video, since removed from YouTube. In the clip, Icke, who is known for promoting conspiracy theories, presents himself as a researcher and claims that the Covid-19 pandemic was orchestrated by supernatural forces attempting to “dismantle” the world economic system and “control” the population using new technologies like 5G. But this popular conspiracy theory is based on false and misleading claims, as several experts told AFP Fact Check.
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Solid Waste Management7 category of the Latin America Green Awards. For its part, the Global Citizenship project, developed by the Ministry of Education of the City, was chosen to be part of the 500 best socio-environmental projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Solid Waste Management category recognizes projects that develop processes to reduce, eliminate and / or properly manage their solid waste.
The City s sustainable
mobility policy and the free public bicycle system, Ecobici , were winners in the Urban Health Planning category of the Wellbeing Cities Award, organized by NewCities. The Wellbeing Cities Award recognizes the efforts of cities that are transforming urban life by investing in public health, strong communities, a prosperous and sustainable environment, and the local economy, within a comprehensive planning and policy-making approach that prioritizes well-being.