... watersheds and critical areas.
FOURTH, ensure the priority of domestic consumption of the population and the sustainability of ecosystems, through the creation of differentiated permits for rural and ...
... laws. On the topic of water, Padilla observed that OceanaGold’s Didipio mine has put a critical watershed at risk, and exhausted wells and rice irrigation reservoirs, harming surrounding communities.
The ...
... free-trade agenda of OceanaGold is thus seen as a critical case against the various mega free-trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, ...
... a loss says Bernardo Belloso, president of CRIPDES and a member of La Mesa. For a small country with limited financial resources and critical social and environmental problems, 12.5 million dollars could ...
... a loss says Bernardo Belloso, president of CRIPDES and a member of La Mesa. For a small country with limited financial resources and critical social and environmental problems, 12.5 million dollars could ...
... to bring suit by foreign investors”, say Pia Eberhardt from the Corporate Europe Observatory, an organization critical of the TTIP. Such rights would give the foreign company the possibility to “ask for ...
... and Trade) highlighted the paradox of this situation in which a wealthy company is demanding a considerable amount of money from a country that is lacking resources for its own people; the most critical ...
... is about conclude.
"It has not been possible to advance discussion on issues that are critical to the Salvadoran population in areas such a as the General Water Law, Metal Mining, Solid Waste Management ...
... of implementing a national water plan, starting with key actions in the most critical regions facing water stress, in order to do this we will need to have an appropriate legal framework.
The approval ...
... in June 2012 because Pacific Rim was Canadian. ICSID allowed the lawsuit to continue, however, under the Salvadoran investment law.
Members of la Mesa who oppose mining are critical of the existence ...
... critical questions about these pro-corporate rules in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Social movements in several European nations are making common cause with their governments in raising ...
... issues related to the economy, public safety, and corruption of previous governments have dominated the public debate, while critical environmental issues affecting thousands of communities and millions ...
... case will enter a critical stage in January 2014. We need your support to urge World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim to review the role of the ICSID through an open process that includes the voices of ...
... Francisco Zablah, president of the Commission for the Environment and Climate Change last Thursday, said that it is critical for the Salvadoran Assembly to play a “strong and active role” in oversight ...
... Zablah, president of the Commission for the Environment and Climate Change last Thursday, said that it is critical for the Salvadoran Assembly to play a “strong and active role” in oversight of the industry ...
... has been shelved at the Legislative Assembly despite broad public consensus on the need to protect our ecosystems from polluting industries such as mining and the urgency to reverse the critical environmental ...
... struggle is far from over, as the fight to defend sovereignty and the right to self determination reaches a critical moment, more support and solidarity is required to achieve a successful outcome.
WHO ...
Photo Story by Grace Draper
Getting ready for our event- lots of tabling, coffee-drinking, and of course, conversation
At 7pm, Ross White from Cadboro Bay United Church welcomes ...
WHY SUPPORT THE FIGHT AGAINST MINING IN EL SALVADOR
The small country of El Salvador and its citizens are caught up in a David vs. Goliath struggle to defend their rights to water, health and sustainable ...
... Also, our environmental reality, which includes deforestation, global warming, demographic growth and water scarcity, has brought us to a critical point that threatens the lives of future and present generations. ...