New mining projects are being re-branded clean, green and vital to climate action across Europe. The reality is very different.
… The greenwashing of metal mining Hannibal Rhoades Lynda Sullivan mirko nikolic | 24th September 2021 | News Mining Climate Change Editor’s Picks 40_bjornevatn_-_svein_lund.jpg New mining projects are being re-branded clean, …
Experts at a special hearing warned the EU that its green rhetoric about its mining boom is dangerous and misleading.
… Europe is no ‘green mining’ haven Hannibal Rhoades | 10th December 2021 | Comment Mining Extractivism Post-extractivism Europe … the EU that its green rhetoric about its mining boom is dangerous and misleading. At …
'Green mining' is an oxymoron that is gaining traction in the EU and pushes a risky narrative about an environmentally destructive sector.
… Unearthing the buried truth about green mining Diego Francesco Marin | 9th June 2021 | News Mining Environmental Justice Portugal EU … Editor’s Picks coal-mine.png 'Green mining' is an oxymoron that is gaining …
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports
… How deep-sea mining could destroy the 'cradle of life on … Tom Levitt | 28th October 2010 News Deep-sea Mining Natural World Minerals Mining deepseamining.jpg Some scientists …
Despite disturbing claims about the impact of uranium, ten-thousand proposals for exploration in the Grand Canyon area have been submitted. A key fuel for nuclear power, the US must now decide between full scale uranium mining, partial mining or a twenty year moratorium. Leana Hosia investigates
… 'uranium poisonings' haunts Obama's looming mining decision Leana Hosea | 2nd November 2010 News Nuclear Uranium Mining Energy Health Investigations doc 1x … US must now decide between full scale uranium mining, partial mining or a twenty year …
Young activists have added their voices to the call to stop a controversial new coking coal mine in Cumbria.
… mine Anne Harris | 26th February 2021 | News Mining Youth Activism Activism Editor’s Picks … coal”. Scientist The company, West Cumbria Mining, wants to extract nearly three million … County Council has accepted West Cumbria Mining's assertion that starting a new coal …
Canadian authorities urged to bring in ethical guidelines for extractive industries as Anvil Mining faces court case for alleged role in the killing of 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… case prompts call for crackdown on Canadian mining giants Tom Levitt | 11th November 2010 News Mining Canada DRC Energy Natural World congomining.jpg Canadian mining company Anvil is …
Vane Minerals currently exploring for uranium deposits on the edge of the Grand Canyon National Park in area with alleged history of contamination affecting former miners and local indigenous population
… British mining company in controversial uranium … Canyon Tom Levitt | 2nd November 2010 News Mining Nuclear Energy Health Uranium News doc 1 009.jpg Local people blame uranium mining for a host of serious illnesses …
We need a holistic, material transition towards a circular society.
… Rhoades Andy Whitmore | 25th May 2021 | News Mining Climate Change Renewables Extractivism Post-extractivism Degrowth Mining cobalt and copper ore We need a … the Washington DC, Beijing and Brussels. And mining corporations, ever-alert for a …
The villagers of Andrakaraka, southern Madagascar, are protesting against the Rio Tinto QMM ilmenite mine.
… Orengo | 24th November 2021 | News Rio Tinto Mining Fishers The villagers of Andrakaraka, … in order to manage water levels around its mining operation. Villagers claim that since … The local environmental regulator and the mining company knew the impact of the weir …
A vigil for Mama Ntshangase in South Africa reminds us of the impact on communities and the environment from national coal policies.
… tell us, dared to oppose plans by coal mining company Petmin to expand operations in … Crisis Community, the Pink Panthers, and from mining-affected communities around Gauteng. … crucial work as environmental defenders. Mining Mama Ntshangase was not the first to …
Green Economics Institute (GEI) and Green European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining for metals, can it be fair?'
… Mindful mining? Natalie Bennett | 19th May 2021 | Comment Mining Langer Heinrich uranium mine, Namibia … European Foundation one-day conference asks, 'mining for metals, can it be fair?' Green …
Campaigners are infuriated that a deep coal mine in Cumbria has been permitted, and are fighting back.
… Catherine Early | 15th January 2021 | News Mining Steelmaking Cumbria Editor’s Picks … UK for 30 years. The developer, West Cumbria Mining, has been planning it since 2014 to … such as one in Sweden, where steelmaker SSAB, mining and processing company LKAB and …
Mining that destroys communities and the ecosystem can have no part in any Green New Deal.
… Mining and green new deals Sebastian Ordoñez Muñoz | 4th August 2021 | Comment Mining Just Transition Green New Deal Perspectives On A Global Green New Deal Mining cobalt and copper ore Mining that …
Damning Indian government report says British-owned mining company’s plans should be blocked, as two local tribal campaigners are abducted
… The Ecologist | 17th August 2010 News Vedanta Mining Energy Natural World 37405.jpg There … Indian government report says British-owned mining company’s plans should be blocked, as … tribal campaigners are abducted British-owned mining giant Vedanta Resources has been dealt …
The push to extract raw materials for an urgent ‘clean energy’ transition is impacting on vulnerable frontlines in resource-rich areas.
… Can 'green mining’ boom save our planet? Claire Burgess … Liz Downes | 9th September 2021 | Comment Mining Climate Change Militarism Greenwashing … protesting against an Australian-owned mining subsidiary company eager to start works …
The fate of some of Ecuador's last remaining cloud forests and hundreds of livelihoods rests on the outcome of a trailblazing Rights of Nature case concerning two tiny amphibians.
… Zorrilla | 11th January 2021 | News Intag Mining Copper Rights Of Nature Ecuador … constitutional court case that could stop mining development in most of Ecuador. The … until it was rediscovered in the LLurimagua mining concession in 2016 . The much rarer …
The recent death of Indian environmentalist Amit Jethva was the latest in a growing number of disturbing incidents of brutality and violence against activists, report Ambika Hiranandani and Tom Levitt
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining Ambika Hiranandani Tom Levitt | 14th … Activists India Deforestation Natural World Mining Vedanta Logging amitjethwa.jpg … murdered after campaigning against illegal mining in a national park The recent death of …
Brazilian activists continue to campaign for justice two years on from the Brumadinho mining disaster in Brazil.
… Saul Jones | 28th January 2021 | Comment Mining Brumadinho Tailings Dam Mine Waste … for justice two years on from the Brumadinho mining disaster in Brazil. For two years now, … loved ones and seeing only mud. Brazilian mining giant Vale has constructed mining …
Protesters against a titanium mine in South Africa were brutally attacked. Six years later and justice has not been done.
… Hali Healy | 13th September 2021 | News Mining South Africa Environmental Defenders … in a community that is resisting a titanium mining project. The verdict, at the Mbizana … on the Wild Coast against open-cast mining. This article was first published at …
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy'
… nuclear giant, Areva, had been quietly mining in the region through subsidiaries … constructed roads and funded hospitals. Two mining towns mushroomed out of the desert, in … a living from combing through old uranium mining sites in France, looking at the …
Communities in southern Madagascar impacted by water pollution are still waiting for basic public health information from mining giant Rio Tinto.
… Yvonne Orengo | 18th February 2021 | Comment Mining Indigenous Peoples Rio Tinto Editor’s … for basic public health information from mining giant Rio Tinto. Mining giant Rio Tinto’s destruction of the …