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Cases / Wind, hydro and other renewables · Brazil · 2015

Brazilian court orders Vale and Cemig to repair nearly dry Rio Doce reach

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

A Brazilian federal court found a reduced-flow stretch of the Rio Doce almost dry and ordered Vale and Cemig to repair the damage, IRIB reported in August 2015. The sources reviewed do not say how the repair was carried out.

What?
A federal court found a reduced-flow stretch of the Rio Doce almost dry and ordered Vale and Cemig to repair the damage. IRIB
Where?
Rio Doce, Aimorés plant area, Minas Gerais, Brazil IRIB
When?
Reported 13 August 2015 IRIB
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
  • Rio Doce reach — Flow reduced; reported almost dry IRIB
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Reduced river flow in the reach of the Aimorés plant; the sources do not describe the diversion in detail. IRIB
6 of 6 questions answered from the record

What happened

The record, in order.

IRIB reported on 13 August 2015 that a Brazilian federal court had found a reduced-flow stretch of the Rio Doce almost dry.

The court ordered Vale and Cemig to repair the environmental damage.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources do not say how the repair was to be carried out or whether it was completed.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say who gained from the plant's power or how its output was shared.
    • None on record The sources do not give the court's case name or the date of its ruling.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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    Renova Foundation
    The foundation set up after the 2015 Mariana dam collapse to carry out repairs and compensation on behalf of Samarco and its owners.
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