The tide is turning. True cost economics is going to come into full force in the next decade.
Brazil to sue Samarco mining firm for $5.2bn over dam burst
“It is not a natural disaster, it is a disaster prompted by economic activity, but of a magnitude equivalent to those disasters created by forces of nature.” She said about 500km (310 miles) of the Rio Doce – one of Brazil's most important rivers – would have to be dredged in parts, vegetation replanted and fresh water springs cleared.
