... While the province is governed by a strategic environmental plan that bans mining, there has been an increase in mining applications, said ELAC executive director Grizelda Mayo-Anda.
“Existing mining ...
... operation had recorded nothing close to the current New Zealand drinking water standard breached in the council water supply, the spokeswoman said.
Additionally, employees who could be exposed to any ...
... example, a labor related claim of $10,000 under standard arbitration procedures, the estimated fee would be $1,120 with $392 of that amount paid upon filing, and all fees recoverable as costs by the prevailing ...
... standards.
Many Lancaster County residents embraced the mine because of the hundreds of jobs it would bring to Kershaw, a poor town of about 2,000 people. The Haile mine, just up the road from Kershaw, ...
Manila Standard
Brande Jocson
Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla reiterated his province’s opposition to the mining operations of Oceanagold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) and FCF Minerals Inc., telling ...
Manila Standard
Brenda Jocson
Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla on Friday reiterated his opposition to the renewal of the mining contract of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. in his province, saying ...
... will breach the standards of protection in an investment treaty, and different investment treaties provide different investment protection standards. Some of the most frequently invoked standards of protection ...
... the Salvadoran government announced a mandatory home quarantine that ended in mid-June. The measure forced the inhabitants to remain locked in their homes and, in those cases in when being out was not ...
... of the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers should be revoked because it constitutes an arbitrary measure contrary to international standards on human rights and guarantees of due process.
In a press conference, ...
... bay of Lake Titicaca has been going on for many years. In that time, the different government ministries have made many commitments, but none of them has been fulfilled.
On the other hand, Yolanda Zurita, ...
... Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed over a year ago, as well as numerous cases and actions still arising from the Odebrecht scandal that became public back in 2016, to the conclusion of treaties departing ...
... either because none of their environmental standards are binding, said Catherine Delahunty, the chairperson of Coromandel Watchdog and a former New Zealand Green MP.
This year, Coromandel Watchdog took ...
... mountain was declared a National Park by Congress, mandating protection of water sources which serve more than 42,000 people, including the Guapinol river.
Yet the following year, Congress reduced the ...
... objective of developing a responsible and sustainable project with the environment.”
In a response to The Nation in March, Pinares officials said that “the company as a whole adheres to the highest standards ...
... de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, or ANDA) have been present since the mid-1990s. Carlos Perla, president of ANDA from 1994 to 2002, for example, just finished serving a 15-year jail sentence for corruption. ...
... leaders.
In Honduras, Miriam Miranda, a human rights advocate and the leader of OFRANEH, has articulated eight demands, including calls for the return of the five men kidnapped on July 18, that the Honduran ...
... affected communities before issuing licenses, resulting in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards.
The state employed its legal and repressive institutions, such as the ...
... being criminalized for being the rightful owners of this rich territory.
AMY GOODMAN: And this is Garífuna leader Miriam Miranda, the executive director of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras, ...
... corruption," as expressed by Pedro Landa, an activist of the Reflection, Research, and Communication Team (ERIC), based in El Progreso, Honduras. ERIC, part of the Society of Jesus, has a 40-year history ...
... of the pandemic, finding that attacks by armed groups do not comply with the mandatory social isolation measures and, on the contrary, have taken advantage of the situation to illegally mobilize through ...