What causes tailings dam - an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there industry solutions?
… News Tailings Dam Brazil Disaster Regulations Mining Change Makers … embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations - disasters and are there … solutions? Brazil witnessed its worst ever mining disaster earlier this year, after …
Communities and NGOs call out mining giant Anglo American on Amazon mining plans and Covid-19 response
… Mining the Amazon and pandemic profiteering London Mining Network | 6th May 2020 Comment Anglo American Mining Covid London Brazil Chile Peru Colombia …
Legislation put forward by Brazil's re-elected President Dilma Rousseff would open up to 10% of protected areas to mining, writes Luke Parry. The effect would be to gut nature conservation in Brazil, already in a perilous state due to underfunding and growing pressure for the development of mines, dams, farms and plantations.
… of national parks and indigenous lands face mining threat Luke Parry | 7th November 2014 News Mining Brazil Law Politics Forests Indigenous … would open up to 10% of protected areas to mining, writes Luke Parry. The effect would be …
In Rio Grande do Sul alone there are more than 150 mining projects that may leverage Brazil's new environmental code to their advantage.
… Mega-mining threatens Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul … Marcos Todt | 24th February 2020 News Brazil Mining s4l0otdmyaxwekbsiledtevrivoo4jcr.jpg In … Grande do Sul alone there are more than 150 mining projects that may leverage Brazil's new …
The Oltenia Energy Complex took over people's land, mined lignite and increased coal production despite state climate action pledges.
… 12th October 2018 News Deforestation Lignite Mining Coal Mining Romania Criminal wood-825792_1280.jpg … Forestry Fund in order to extend OEC’s mining exploitations. For this reason, the …
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 …
Vigil outside Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in mining waste dam disaster.
… 2020 News Brumadinho Vigil Disaster Brazil Mining Waste Change Makers … Brazil Embassy to remember those killed in mining waste dam disaster. A dam containing iron ore mining waste collapse d on 25 January 2019 …
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.
… Peru Argentina Uruguay Brazil Ecuador Bolivia Mining Indigenous Peoples Politics Religion … own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging … forward with extractive industries - in mining, oil and gas operations - without …
The veteran campaigner talks to the Ecologist about the ongoing struggle to secure indigenous land rights and how he successfully took the Colombian government to court
… Natural World Amazon Indigenous Rights Mining Deforestation Climate Change And Energy … Colombian government do to aid your campaign? Mining is a big threat. In the last two years … there have been about 2,000 requests for mining titles in the Amazon. The previous …
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 …
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.
… Cile Venezuela Bolivia Oil Gas Fossil Fuels Mining Society Politics Development … programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a … leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects, resist the short-termist …
A team of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) academics is marking the international day of action for rivers by hanging out the dirty laundry of a very dirty company.
… Saes EnvJustice | 14th March 2019 News Brazil Mining Disaster Dam Thought Leaders … Vale is the company behind a recent massive mining incident in Brazil. The failure of … conflicts in the world related to Vale S.A.’s mining and infrastructure projects. The …
It's not that Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's ousted President, was wonderful for the environment, writes Ed Atkins. It's that Michel Temer's new regime is certain to be far worse. Plans are afoot to weaken environmental assessments for large projects like mines, roads and dams. And the new Minister of Agriculture is a notorious campaigner for hugely increased deforestation.
… Lula, deforestation returned , large-scale mining and agriculture was expanded, and more … can be chopped down for crops, cattle and mining, with the products sold abroad. As of … areas in the Amazon were of interest to mining companies. These lands - protected by …
Colombia is the world’s most biodiverse country by area, but its rich forested ecosystems are facing existential threats.
… exploration and exploitation, as well as the mining of gold, silver, platinum, coal, salt, … namely drug-trafficking and illegal gold mining. Coca - the base ingredient of cocaine … resort to alternatives like illegal gold mining that further deforests and contaminates …
Are Rights of Nature the answer to our ecological crises?
… decisions are upheld, this will put a stop to mining in the forest and safeguard hundreds of … However, while there is the potential for mining in the Andean cloud forest to be … was threatened by the Llurimagua copper mining project. This followed a decision of …
Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration
… | 15th August 2011 News Rainforest Brazil Mining Hydropower Water Energy amazon.jpg When … largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration The Kayapó chief stands, … region in the coming decades. First dams then mining The obvious argument in favor of …
Belém in Brazil will host the COP30 international climate summit. But the city is struggling to deal with basic environmental and health issues.
… riches through destructive ventures like mining, land grabbing, and logging. "Although … exposing unsettling details regarding illicit mining operations occurring in the state of … Conflicts IDEFLOR-Bio issued a license to the mining company Mineração Carará, permitting …
High Street banking giant HSBC is bankrolling the destruction of rainforests essential for the survival of Bornean orangutans and other endangered species.
… HSBC has also been implicated in coal mining in Indonesian Borneo, causing huge … profit (by John Vidal) and UK-financed coal mining is devastating Indonesian Borneo (by … the profit. SPECIAL CONTENT UK-financed coal mining is devastating Indonesian Borneo New …
In a remarkable and harrowing dispatch from Guinea-Bissau, Dawn Starin reports how logging, mining and agriculture are opening up the country's once intact forests to the ravages of the growing bush-meat trade, threatening some of the country's most enigmatic monkey species
… Dawn Starin reports how logging, mining and agriculture are opening up the … Things could get worse since an Angolan mining company has reportedly secured a vast … of the local situation told me: ‘this mining company has already cut down almost 10 …
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva fought against illegal loggers and had received death threats but was refused police protection - he is the latest in a long-line of environmental activists being threatened or killed
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of Indian …
An Ecologist investigation reveals how the largest coal power plant to be awarded UN carbon credit funds is displacing poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh
… to expose illegal logging, pollution and mining The recent death of Indian … Indian government report says British-owned mining company’s plans should be blocked, as …
Logging, mining and agriculture are opening up Guinea-Bissau's once intact forests to the ravages of the bush-meat trade, an Ecologist investigation finds
… Politics And Economics img_5473.jpg Logging, mining and agriculture are opening up … of the country’s forests for logging, mining and agriculture – which is increasingly … Dawn Starin reports how logging, mining and agriculture are opening up …
A train line brings workers - and COVID-19 - to the Awa Guajá community, threatening their survival. Part 2 of 2.
… 2022 | News Amazon Rainforest Indigenous Mining Brazil … when they mention the invaders and the mining company. The horror is happening now. … make their life this desperate. Such as the mining company Vale which on one day gives …