... been facing the expansion of palm plantations, tourist developments, mining, drug trafficking, and the government project known as the Economic Development Zones (Zonas de Desarrollo Económico ZEDE).
Miriam ...
Radio Mundo Real
While OceanaGold, one of the largest mining companies in El Salvador, delays compliance with its obligation to compensate El Salvador, several social forces are demanding a metal mining ...
Fixing Free Trade Agreements:
Putting People and the Planet over Corporate Profit
Today's trade rules are not designed first and foremost to protect workers, the environment or public health. They ...
... of the Trifinio Plan, it is established in article three, that "The Parties recognize the Trifinio Region as an area of special interest of the three countries, which represents an indivisible unit, in ...
... fact that is the most important strategic aquifer reserve in the country and that it is currently in crisis, it does not grant a Special Administration Regime, nor does it address in detail a Water Planning ...
... to reach a pre-arbitration agreement with these companies to avoid lawsuits.
Cerrejón planned to develop La Puente to offset expected production declines elsewhere. The pit contains 35 million tonnes ...
... plants, and their habitats. Whatever short-term economic benefits to be had from mining (and studies show these never go to the affected communities), this remains a losing proposition when we consider ...
... national industrialization plan and a more robust environmental safety policy regime is in place to rationalize the management of our mineral resources,” Kalikasan PNE said.
Mining moratorium lifted ...
... president admitted that he had only joked about riding a jet ski to Panatag Shoal and planting a Philippine flag there to assert the country’s territorial integrity amid its dispute with China over the ...
... that provides billions of dollars each year in commercial loans to Canadian corporations operating in the international energy sector.”
She also pointed to the Canada Pension Plan, a public pension program ...
... obvious explanation for this failure. As a report by the Justice and Corporate Accountability Project has revealed, the country’s two main mining industry associations played a significant part in shaping ...
... company that owns the mine, scheduled a meeting with Cerro Blanco residents on May 1 to announce not only its reactivation, but also a change of plans: the project will change from an underground mine ...
PROSPECT
Sasha Chavkin
From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...
... due to the low price of coal making their operations “economically unviable”. This has raised the alert for several national organizations, because there is no “progressive closure plan respectful of international ...
... crops, reduced fish stocks and a high incidence of plant and animal diseases.
Losing access to land leaves the community with severely reduced agricultural income and limited the ability of residents ...
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A long stretch of conveyor belt transport nickel ores to mineral processing plant within the Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) site in Surigao del Norte province, February 2016. Image by Ryan Dael of ...
... calling the mine’s presence “really aggravating..’’
Estridge was among a handful of people to speak this past week against the Haile Gold Mine’s plan to expand so that it can dig more gold from the ...
... plans are drawing scrutiny from conservationists who are worried about the company’s recent troubles and its long-term plans for cleaning up the mining site.
John Tynan, director of the Conservation ...
... the American Rescue Plan, Congress’s next big relief bill will focus on building a green infrastructure — and it can create tens of thousands of good, dignified union jobs in the process.
Movements that ...
... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...