WebJul 29, 2024 · Santo Domingo.- The Seaboard-Transcontinental Capital Corporation company came out this Thursday in front of environmentalists who have denounced that the power generation barge, located on the Ozama River, represents a threat to ecosystems and a danger to the people of the environment. WebSep 21, 2024 · In its examination for 2024, Deloitte pegged the price of ocean plastic pollution at US $6-billion to $19-billion. That’s cheap compared with another study, which calculated the cost at up to $2.5-trillion per year, or $33,000 per tonne. None of that accounts for plastic’s costs to human health.
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WebNov 13, 2024 · Last March, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources announced, through a cooperation agreement with the company Inversiones Factor Rucein, S.R.L., the cleaning of the Ozama river with … WebFeb 9, 2024 · Santo Domingo.-. More institutions are joining the initiative for saving the Ozama and Isabela rivers from high levels of pollution. As part of this process, the … now med ilford
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The Ozama River is heavily polluted. It is constantly affected by the slums on its shores and the factories that dump their waste into it. It is one of the main causes of pollution on the coastline of Santo Domingo. In August 2024, The Ocean Cleanup organization deployed an Interceptor Original, one of their solar … See more The Ozama River (Spanish: Río Ozama) is a river in the Dominican Republic. It rises in the Loma Siete Cabezas mountain in the Sierra de Yamasá mountain range, close to the town of Villa Altagracia. See more The river flows 148 kilometers (92 mi) before emptying into the Caribbean Sea. At the end of the journey it bisects the capital, Santo Domingo, into eastern and western halves. The three … See more In 1498, Bartolome Colon had a fort built on the Ozama River delta, which would later become the first permanent European settlement in the New World (Santo Domingo). The estuary at that time, "teemed with fish and where the Indians raised cassava and … See more Port of Santo Domingo See more WebApr 7, 2024 · INSAPROMA has worked for years to challenge the authorization of these power barges due to the severe unregulated pollution that harms the community and … WebApr 19, 2024 · One of the tributaries of the Ozama is the Isabela River, which is one of the most polluted in the country, all this water reaches Ozama and raises its pollution level, it brings sewage, waste from the … now meets tomorrow