... So it sounds like it was one lawmaker facing the facts on the ground. Robin, what do you think was key to bringing these former foes together? Robin Broad: First of all, the water defenders essentially ...
... of vote-by-land ownership. By then, the PZ will have likely entered many contracts that would be difficult to reverse, as the passage of any rule that terminates an existing contract will require the vote ...
... toxic metal with an array of health impacts on people and wildlife.
According to a DHEC enforcement order released Thursday, the Haile Gold Mine exceeded safe limits multiple times for mercury pollution ...
... allow families to secure their daily livelihood. "To the extent that these initiatives can be replicated and scaled, and have greater coverage, they can have positive impacts on the population", said the ...
... corruption acts?
It’s been almost four years since Odebrecht admitted to paying bribes to obtain infrastructure contracts throughout Latin America, and the consequences stemming from the scandal are ...
... Los Filos general manager and explained that their efforts to address grievances with the manager assigned to them “always end with incomplete responses or without resolution and with arrogant acts and ...
... ignores or even awards corporate abuses by enabling private companies to sue national governments over matters of public interest, such as the devastating social and environmental impacts of mining.
“KCA’s ...
... armed security guards at the peaceful camp that had been set up a month earlier to defend the rivers that supply the community from the impacts of contamination by the mining project illegally installed ...
... burdens for them. Since the population is more aware and more organized, due to the negative impacts that these companies generate, greater resistance has ensued," said Landa in conversation with DW. The ...
... acts of provocation acts by a paramilitary group commanded by Santos Marcelo Torres that operates in the area of the community of Panama and the Paso Aguán farm. These incidents include death threats, ...
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A complex array of multiple crises slowly brewing for four years breached the tipping point and inundated the Philippines in just the last four and a half months. This is the story ...
... fighting to protect community health and water from negative mining impacts — are facing new threats.
These trends are laid out in a global solidarity statement released June 2 and signed by over 300 ...
... Escobal mining license.
May 24: KCA confirms plans to pursue a US$300mn arbitration claim over the Tambor mine suspension, which it says resulted a series of acts and omissions by the state that were ...
... to disputes over oil, gas and mining contracts. Extractive industries like mining make up a large share of total claims, often provoked by governments attempting to prevent environmental or public health ...
... of questions to their annual shareholder meeting regarding the impacts of the Quellaveco mine on local water sources and communities, as well as the actions of the company during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
... high rates of homicides, and crimes against private property are reported.
Guatemalan municipalities with higher murder rates (2019). According to PNC figures on criminal acts in 2019, of the 5 municipalities ...
... in the exploitation of nickel that operates in El Estor, Izabal. In addition, the social leaders opposing the extremely serious contamination that impacts Lake Izabal and the hills where the mineral is ...
... Latin Americans in search of equity for health and collective well-being rights. "To this environmental crisis, the added crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic also impacts us nationally and internationally. ...
... if new environmental policies undercut their government contracts for offshore drilling, fracking, oil and gas pipelines, refineries, or other polluting activities.”
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