Disastrous water pollution from gold mines in El Salvador has united government and people to oppose new metal mines, writes Lynn Holland. In Central America's most water scarce country, the imperative is to keep lakes, rivers and streams clean and wholesome. But there may be a heavy price to pay, with a Canadian mining company pressing a $300 million 'compensation' claim.
… For the love of water: El Salvador's mining ban may cost $300m 'compensation' Lynn Holland | 10th October 2015 News Mining Water El Salvador Central America … may be a heavy price to pay, with a Canadian mining company pressing a $300 million …
Almost entirely unknown to the outside world, and even to most local residents, hundreds of square kilometres of South Africa's Karoo dryland have been bought up by uranium mining companies, writes Dr Stefan Cramer. With no strategic assessment of the industry's devastating impacts and massive water demand, official permission could soon be granted for vast open pit mines.
… Uranium mining threatens South Africa‘s iconic Karoo … Stefan Cramer | 28th April 2016 News Nuclear Mining South Africa Namibia Russia Pollution … Karoo dryland have been bought up by uranium mining companies, writes Dr Stefan Cramer. …
A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global water crisis, on World Water Day 2019 and in the wake of recent disasters.
… Undermining the watercycle Hannibal Rhoades Sara Campanales | 22nd March 2019 News Mining Water World Water Day Health … A critical appraisal of the mining industry’s contributions to the global … clean water advocate, Maude Barlow, explains: Mining and water “Major bodies of water have …
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development, create jobs and yield taxes to pay for schools and hospitals, write Ricardo Navarro & Sam Cossar-Gilber. But the reality was a nightmare of polluted water, stolen farmland, corporate violence, and murder. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining.
… Making history: El Salvador bans metal mining Ricardo Navarro Sam Cossar-Gilber | 11th April 2017 Comment Mining Campaigning Trade Water Politics El Salvador credit upsidedownworld-cut.jpg Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as …
This month a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine in BC breached, writes Carol Linnitt - spilling 14.5 billion litres of toxic mine waste into Quesnel Lake. A major source of freshwater and one of BC's premier fly-fishing destinations, the lake will never be the same again. But it's just the first big victim of Canada's wave of environmental de-regulation ...
… for caution tape: why Canada can expect more mining disasters Carol Linnitt DeSmog.ca | 27th August 2014 Activism Mining Water Waste Pollution Regulation Canada … the surface: 14.5 billion litres of toxic mining waste. This month a tailings dam at the …
The latest country to be hooked under 'free trade' agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can't have both.
… Pete Dolack | 14th April 2016 News Colombia Mining Trade US Canada Water Conservation … billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national … standoff between clean drinking water and mining profits has taken shape in Colombia. …
For over two years the small community of San José del Golfo has maintained a 24-hour barricade against the US-owned mine El Tambor that threatens to destroy their land and water. The non-violent resistance, led by women, is transforming the traditional 'macho' culture, and attracting support across Guatemala, and beyond.
… Waging Nonviolence | 1st April 2015 News Mining Water Pollution Guatemala Corporations … Peoples Council, released a list of all mining concessions across Guatemala. According … obtained through the Ministry of Energy and Mining, and the National Council of Protected …
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.
… Amazon: mega-nature reserve? Or mega-mining frontier? Lucio Marcello | 30th March 2017 News Venezuela Mining Ecocide Indigenous Peoples Forests … the upper reaches of the Amazon rainforest to mining corporations, writes Lucio Marcello, …
The first country in the world write the 'rights of nature' or 'Pachamama' into its constitution is now being decimated by mining companies, argues JOHN SEED of The Rainforest Information Centre. The people of Ecuador, their government and the international community need to work together to preserve the country's unique ecosystems
… rich biodiversity is under threat from mining interests John Seed | 1st March 2018 Comment Ecuador Mining Biodiversity Rainforest Information … its constitution is now being decimated by mining companies, argues JOHN SEED of The …
Citizens of Cáceres, Spain, are opposing lithium mining project that jeopardises World Heritage and sustainable livelihoods at a new extractive frontier.
… Rhoades | 10th June 2020 News Lithium Mining Extractivism Spain Caceres Mountains … of Cáceres, Spain, are opposing lithium mining project that jeopardises World Heritage … project. Infinity Lithium, an Australian mining company, plans to extract lithium from …
The curse of Uranium has fallen once again on the Black Hills of South Dakota, ancestral home to the Lakota Indians - now fighting a massive mining project that threatens land, rivers and groundwater. But this time, writes Ben Whitford, the Lakota are not alone ...
… water! Ben Whitford | 3rd March 2014 News Mining Ecocide Indigenous Peoples USA Water … the Lakota Indians - now fighting a massive mining project that threatens land, rivers and … ... In recent years, that's led a number of mining corporations to target the region, and …
'The rush to mine this pristine and unexplored environment risks creating terrible impacts that cannot be reversed.'
… Attenborough urges halt to deep sea mining plans Brendan Montague | 12th March … systems and its carbon storage function. “Mining the deep sea could create a devastating … to put in place a moratorium on all deep sea mining – a call I wholeheartedly support.” The …
London-listed copper giant Antofagasta has been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, corruption of national politics and environmental contamination, write Ali Maeve & Liam Barrington-Bush. Yet the London Stock Exchange remains silent. Following the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and operations into the spotlight.
… | 1st June 2017 Ethical Living Chile Mining Finance Water Pollution UK Corporations … the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and … operations into the spotlight. The biggest mining waste tailings dam in Latin America is …
Rio Tinto's QMM mine in Madagascar was meant to be an exemplar of 'corporate social responsibility' and environmental best practice. But the reality experienced by local communities is different, writes Yvonne Orengo, with uncompensated land seizures, food insecurity, deforestation and social deprivation. New concerns are emerging about the infringement of legal buffer zones and radiation exposure. Rio Tinto must be held responsible for its actions!
… Yvonne Orengo | 3rd April 2017 Activism Mining Biodiversity Madagascar Forests … for its actions! The fourth largest mining company in the world, Rio Tinto, claims … also been raised about the infringement of mining boundaries [ 2 ] and encroachment into …
The authority in charge of international talks on sea bed mining has published wide-ranging restrictions for campaigners and media, threatening to expel anyone who breaches them from the event.
… Deep sea mining talks - restrictions threat Catherine … Early | 18th July 2023 | News Deep Sea Mining Biodiversity Editor’s Picks … in charge of international talks on sea bed mining has published wide-ranging restrictions …
The impending renewal of the license for a uranium mine in Nebraska has ignited a years long resistance among those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important as life itself, writes Suree Towfighnia. But for others, jobs and money come first. Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must reach its decision.
… Waging NonViolence | 13th October 2015 News Mining Indigenous Peoples USA Water Pollution … to purchase "Protect Sacred Water, No Uranium Mining" yard signs and placed them around … and community about the dangers of uranium mining, sees the issue as cut and dry. "You're …
In China's remote Mongolian region, indigenous herders are being forced from their traditional pastures to make way for roads and vast mining projects. Last week they held a public demonstration - but it was immediately dispersed with ten arrests.
… 2014 News Indigenous Peoples China Mongolia Mining Water mongolia-arshaan-herders-cut.jpg … pastures to make way for roads and vast mining projects. Last week they held a public … for the purpose of expanding tourism and mining. The local authorities of Hejing County …
When Michael Buckley took a white water rafting trip in Tibet in 2005, he had no idea of the adventure he was embarking on - a ten-year investigation of China ruthless exploitation of Tibet's mineral and hydroelectric resources, and its systematic attack on indigenous Tibetans, their culture and their survival on the land.
… 2015 News China Tibet Water Renewables Energy Mining Land Grabs Indigenous Peoples … have bravely protested against dams and mining at great risk, with a number killed, … The migrant workers build dams or work at mining sites. Up to 20,000 Chinese migrant …
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.
… | 15th May 2014 News Forests Water Energy Mining Renewables carajas_mine.jpg The Amazon … dams and extractive, such as oil, gas and mining. The focus is on the number of current … 1.6 million - km2 of the Amazon covered by mining concessions. 1.1 million - km2 of the …
Pollution, poisoning and the loss of human life due to unsafe water are the accepted costs of doing business in America.
… radioactive waste from the historic uranium mining that fuelled the Cold War arms race … bottom fell out of the uranium market, the mining companies declared bankruptcy and left … or legislator ruling on allowing more uranium mining, I might not know any better. There …
PATRICK CARR is a lifelong coal mine protester from the Pont Valley. As campaigners are evicted from the site by police he explains in his own words what inspired him to join the movement.
… this was never a site for heavy industry. The mining here was basic, with coal tubs pushed … by hand were left alone. Until now. Opencast mining was first proposed for this site in the … triggered by appeal after appeal from mining companies, it has fallen to local …
Ecuador's successful referendum should protect vital biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.
… This was accompanied by a ban on gold mining in the Chocó Andino de Pichincha, a … passed with 59 per cent approval. The ban on mining in the Chocó Andino forest near Quito … coercion, suggesting that banning oil and mining would result in the loss of education, …
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The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.
… Peoples Asia Biodiversity Resilience Mining Salween Peace Park : Kesan The Karen … in Kawthoolei face derive from logging, mining, infrastructure projects including road … from private agribusiness, logging and mining concessions, which are predominantly …
Brazil has suffered its biggest ever industrial disaster, write Ana Luisa Naghettini & Geraldo Lopes. Breached and overflowing dams have released a massive slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean.
… News Water Waste Pollution Brazil Ecocide Law Mining Corporations brazil-dam-mud-cut.jpg … slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river … on 5th November, a mud dam burst from the mining enterprise Samarco, a joint venture of …