Al Gedicks and Eric Hansen: Mine law needs public process, not ‘consensus’
AL GEDICKS AND ERIC HANSEN | UW-La Crosse professor (Midwest Coalition against Lethal Mining member) and outdoor writer, respectively ...
... U.S. dollar. The cryptocurrency crashed last year, and there was concern from international observers that the country would default on an $800 million bond in January. If the country needs capital, as ...
... be supplied to populations. The first two meet the basic family needs for food, personal hygiene, cleaning, including raising domestic animals that do not constitute a commercial or lucrative activity; ...
... mechanisms that these processes are going through are actually benefiting and specific to the local demands, priorities and needs of the community where the mining is operating.”
She also pointed to ...
... of both corporate conduct and the environmental and social liabilities left by these companies before their departure from the country needs to be made to avoid consolidating scenarios of corporate impunity,” ...
... that site owner OceanaGold needs to post an additional cash bond to restore the property and clean up any pollution that might be left when the company finishes mining the property and leaves South Carolina ...
... the United States and Europe won’t pay attention.
Canada Needs To End These Abuses With abuses by the mining industry being a regular occurrence in Peru, what makes Aduviri’s case unique is that a high-ranking ...
... court, who — sorry. The international court is — Honduras needs to obey the international court rules and give back the land to the Triunfo de la Cruz. And they are trying to don’t do that. And that’s ...
... corporations in the agri-business, finance, energy and other sectors, threatening to divert resources from managing pandemics and other urgent social needs.
Even before the current public health crisis, ...
... needs, leaving aside the social and environmental needs present in the area.
It is important to point out that the fresh water that comes from the rivers to the sea fulfills a function, because it is ...
... immediately to the needs of the population,” González concluded.
Omar Flores, also from the National Alliance Against Water Privatization, reflected on the importance and urgency of the Salvadoran State ...
... needs of the people and the limits of nature. Climate Change is devastating the lives of millions of people around the world. Science warns that we will soon reach the point of no return that will put ...
... of inhabitants of nearby communities without sufficient water for their most basic needs;
Large producers of sugar cane continue to over-exploit underground water sources, even in years of severe drought, ...
... he said.
As for the rivers that are often natural borders between the three countries, Calles considered that work needs to be done put the issue in the public agenda. The protection of the Sumpul River ...
... other employment options,” Guevara de Medrano said when asked about the persistence of artisanal mining. She also acknowledged the community needs to reach out to the güiriseros and incorporate them into ...
... and water resources; besides, 13 million dollars had to be spent for legal costs, financial resources that are so urgently needed in a country with so many social needs.
We are pleased on behalf of the ...
... is part of a trade model that puts the needs of corporations before the needs of workers and the planet. The Salvadoran government did what a responsive democratic system is supposed to do: it listened ...
... officials.
VII. The mining company has also intensified its public relations activities seeking to gain supporters for mining in Cabañas, through the El Dorado Foundation, which manipulates the needs ...
... to pay exorbitant amounts of money for water and to collect rain water in order to meet their basic needs.
And the problems for the community continue to surface: exposure to the heavy metals resulting ...
... 99,6% of the voters said NO! However for CRIPDES the work is not over, even if the consultation is. “The local council now needs to adopt a bylaw against mining. Therefore we have to hold the commitment ...