Ecuador is facing an unprecedented confrontation between a 'progressive' left-leaning government and a national coalition of indigenous peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their community land and villages.
… declare 'national mobilization' against oil and mining David Dene | 24th May 2014 News Mining Ecuador Oil Indigenous Peoples Economics Politics … of indigenous peoples determined to stop vast oil and mining projects taking place on their …
Precious World Heritage Sites that protect vital biodiversity and human cultures are at risk from oil decelopment and other industries. Under threat are not just nature, wildlife, land and water but the 11 million people who depend on the 114 sites' environmental quality for their livelihoods.
… | 6th April 2016 News Conservation Energy Oil Mining Development Indigenous Peoples … and human cultures are at risk from oil decelopment and other industries. Under … at risk worldwide from threats ranging from oil and gas exploration to mining and illegal …
This Saturday War on Want holds its Frontlines conference in London on the global conflict between communities and corporations, writes Paul Collins. Featuring a host of inspiring speakers, it will forge new alliances and new strategies of resistance.
… struggle with no water supply. Amid the huge oil wealth in Rumuekpe's territory, the … Shell has pumped countless barrels of oil from its installations in Rumuekpe, … are increasingly taking over water, oil, gas, mineral and metal deposits, and …
Greenland's first female prime minister is on a modernising drive to prosperity and independence, But will the combination of melting glaciers, oil, mining projects and mass immigration bring wealth or destruction?
… Europe Mining Corporations aleqa-hammond.png Oil drums dumped at a former US air force base … But will the combination of melting glaciers, oil, mining projects and mass immigration … "open for business" - welcoming investment in oil, mining, hydropower and other energy …
The Amazon basin faces 'ecosystem collapse' according to a new report about hundreds of major dams and other mega-projects planned for the region - home to the world's greatest rainforest. David Hill reports.
… hydroelectric dams and extractive, such as oil, gas and mining. The focus is on the … Amazon that is or is set to be included in oil and gas concessions. 407,000 - km2 of … Amazon involved in the exploratory phase for oil and gas by Brazilian state company …
With the Kimberley Process in a state of paralysis over Zimbabwean diamonds, consumers can no longer be sure they’re buying ethical jewels. Ahead of a BBC Panorama investigation into the issue, Rosie Spinks reports
… READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' … to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining … sticks with rainforest-destroying palm oil supplier US food giant refuses to stop …
Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma, writes Daniel Macmillen - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable development path that puts ecology, equity and justice first. Their answer - a constant pushing back of the resource frontier.
… Brazil Peru Uruguay Cile Venezuela Bolivia Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Mining Society Politics Development oil-lake-ecuador-cut.jpg Left wing governments … as they increased taxes on private oil firms and agribusiness, and nationalized …
Ecuadorian children take state-owned Petro Amazonas to court over air pollution from gas flares.
… the vicinity researching the effects of the oil industry on indigenous people and the … 18 billion gallons (68 billion litres) of oil and toxic waste in the Ecuadorian Amazonia … we are experiencing and challenge the oil companies and governments who are allowing …
Venezuela is set to hand over 12% of the nation's territory in the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, with 150 companies from 35 countries poised to devastate the army-controlled 'special economic zone'. But resistance is growing, and a counter-proposal aims to protect the area's precious biodiversity, indigenous cultures and water resources in a new South Orinoco Mega Reserve.
… abuses permeating all aspects of society. Its oil-dependent economy has been suffering since oil prices started falling in 2014. The … over the years, the wealth derived from oil was not reinvested, but rather spent on …
Africa is being opened up like a tin of sardines to a new wave of resource extraction, writes Colin Todhunter. Masked under the soubriquets of 'investment', 'growth' and 'free trade', a handful of vast global corporations are systematically plundering the continent's mineral wealth and leaving desolation in their wake, backed to the hilt by that ever-faithful servant of capital - the UK government.
… notably gold, platinum, diamonds, copper, oil, gas and coal. It documents how 101 … in the report is the scramble for gas and oil in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara. … Moroccan government to actively explore for oil and gas resources, making them complicit …
A crucial component of concrete, sand is vital to the global construction industry, writes Nick Meynen. China alone is importing a billion tonnes of sand a year, and its increasing scarcity is leading to large scale illegal mining and deadly conflicts. With ever more sand fetched from riverbeds, shorelines and sandbanks, roads and bridges are being undermined and beaches eroded. And the world's sand wars are only set to worsen.
… to use to clean marine sand. It also requires oil, and unfortunately for Dubai, its oil stock is dwindling . The city already … past the palaces in Dubai and its sinking oil, water and construction sand reserves, …
Mining and oil drilling are essential to the industrial world - but they are also linked with severe environmental and social damage, not to mention corruption. Clare Short, chair of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, spoke to Alex Stevenson.
… Stevenson | 20th December 2013 Comment Mining Oil Politics clare-short.png Mining and oil drilling are essential to the industrial … On shale gas, and on what's left of North Sea oil, and on drilling around the Falkland …
Left-wing, progressive politicians hold sway across Latin America, writes Benjamin Dangl. But defying their own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging development. Now they face growing resistance from small farmers and indigenous peoples.
… Mining Indigenous Peoples Politics Religion Oil Fracking peru-conga-mine-protest-cut.jpg … with extractive industries - in mining, oil and gas operations - without concern for … poisons water sources, kills the soil, and undermines indigenous territorial …
A group of campaigners from Alaska have stepped up their campaign against plans to build one of the world’s largest goldmines by buying shares in Anglo American
… investors forced a vote on whether the oil company should review its tar sands … revolt over tar sands Investors want oil giants to answer questions on their … in the environmentally damaging extraction of oil from tar sands NEWS Greenpeace calls for a …
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
… of deep-sea fishing and drilling for oil it has been lurking in the minds of … know better.’ READ MORE... NEWS ANALYSIS BP oil spill: can environmental crime ever be … BP criminal action will not safeguard against oil spills, say campaigners Sanctions and …
As the Arctic ice retreats, a fragile but resource-rich landscape replete with oil, minerals, fish and islands is opening up, writes Conn Hallinan. A new land-rush is on, and it could all lead to war. But it can be avoided provided states respect the rule of law and build on existing regimes of cooperation to protect the precious Arctic environment.
… November 2014 News Arctic Politics Oceans Oil Mining Law arctic-walrus-cut.jpg As the … but resource-rich landscape replete with oil, minerals, fish and islands is opening up, … that the Arctic holds 13% of the world's oil reserves and 30% of its natural gas. There …
Mining corporations, politicians and big NGOs are meeting in London today to plan the future of extractive industries in Africa, write Nnimmo Bassey & Sheila Berry. Absent African civil society and impacted communities, delegates are setting an agenda for 'resource-led development' that will cook the continent in the greenhouse gases of its plundered oil, gas and coal.
… Africa Development Fossil Fuels Mining Oil Coal Ecocide Climate Change … in the greenhouse gases of its plundered oil, gas and coal. If you have ever wondered … Mali, as well as in the devastation caused by oil companies in the once verdant ecosystems …
Lakshmi Mittal's 'mega-mine' is believed to be the largest mineral extraction project in the region but threatens unique wildlife
… chances NEWS ANALYSIS Scramble for Arctic oil and gas puts pristine ecosystem at risk … Norway, Canada and the US vie for access to oil, gas and minerals – campaigners fear … environment will be the losers NEWS Arctic oil spill could take 'year or more' to clean …
Greenpeace activists block Shell's tar sands oil extraction operation in protest at its environmental cost
… the 1960s, this Canadian landscape was unspoiled boreal forest, home to moose and caribou … Greenpeace activists block Shell's tar sands oil extraction operation in protest at its … into halting production at its Canadian oil sands mine after a protest by …
From child-soldier to Netflix star, the Congolese park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. He talks to SOPHIE MORLIN-YRON
… park ranger has won his award for stopping oil exploration in the Virunga National Park. … which eventually helped stop the oil exploration by British mining company SOCO … sold the company the rights to explore for oil in an area called Block V, which extends …
President Obama's whistlestop Alaskan tour highlighted his unique ability to believe in two completely contradictory ideas at once, writes Timothy Clark. On the one hand, the importance of climate change and the urgency of preventing dangerous warming. On the other, the importance of the Arctic's fossil energy and the urgent need to exploit it as rapidly and completely as possible.
… 2015 News USA Politics Climate Change Energy Oil Corporations Mining obama-arctic-cut.png … the President - will continue drilling for oil and natural gas in the Arctic. Not only … reads: "The United States is producing more oil and natural gas; generating more …
Following the landmark decision by the Indian government to prevent Vedanta from mining on tribal land, the Ecologist reports on the other tribes - including the Penan in Sarawak and the Guarani in Brazil - facing similar threats but being ignored by the media
… as their forests are cleared for logging, oil palm plantations and hydroelectric dams. … including the right to say no to logging, oil palm cultivation or dams on their land. A … under threat of extinction and land loss from oil workers and illegal loggers. Pressure …
Barclays is one of the largest investors in fossil fuels, and has £15.6 billion of assets in oil, gas and coal extradition globally.
… fuels, and has £15.6 billion of assets in oil, gas and coal extradition globally. … fuels, and has £15.6 billion of assets in oil, gas and coal extradition globally. The … Access pipeline in North America. Mines and oilfields are financed with the help of …
Local referenda swept Colombia after one village succeeded in using them to stop a massive mine. Until the Colombian constitutional court took their power away.
… participation with regards to mining and oil extraction is against our own … of Ecopetrol, the Colombian national oil company. This is a corporate coup of state …