... to an iron ore mining project in the Botaderos Mount “Carlos Escaleras” National Park. Tweet this
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The eight defenders have been ...
... over this widely unpopular policy fast-tracking amid the utter failure to effectively respond to the pandemic.
Instead of pouring thousands of health workers into the streets, we are seeing police and ...
... water and ways of life.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, however, governments in country after country have declared mining an essential activity or responded to industry pressure to do so after a ...
... release of pollutants from tailings.
The diversion of the Asana river seems to respond to what we could call a pattern of behavior of mining companies that modify nature to make their projects viable. ...
... restricting the constitutional rights of the population.
Instead, in a presidential statement, Alejandro Giammattei explained that the measures responded to counteract the violence of criminal groups, ...
... human right to water, and we do not have public policies to effectively guarantee and safeguard this natural resource for the people who need it. A complete re-engineering plan is urgent in order to respond ...
... in the case of Rio Blanco, despite local opposition and all the irregularities, that an Ecuadorian official responded to the Chinese firm´s threat of arbitration expressing willingness to enter into a ...
... as alleged fronts of the CPP.
Gen. Parlade accused these organizations of soliciting financial and material support for CPP and their armed revolution in the guise of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
... impact of water consumption based on the mining activities and their rate of extraction and timing (i.e. which activities or events possibly correspond to an increase or decrease in consumption) by carrying ...
... and former president Zelaya, left the place without responding to the demand of the residents who requested the cancellation of the Los Pinares project, which is generating a deadly conflict in the community ...
... extraordinary appeal within the corresponding legal time. One of the arguments presented in the appeal stated that Aduviri should be judged as a community member according to ILO Convention 169. However, ...
... business practices.”
The Mining Association of Canada did not respond to several VICE News’ requests for comment. Australian-Canadian company OceanaGold, owner of one of the largest gold-copper mines ...
... have recognized there’s a problem but have responded with policies and oversight bodies that are powerless by design.
For example, the establishment of a Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor, ...
... for], MEM completed the consultation within six months,” Tahoe said in a statement Monday.
Tahoe did not respond to a CIM Magazine request for comment, but said in its statement that it would have further ...
... two appointed by municipal governments and two appointed by the private sector.
Social movement organizations responded with a flurry of statements and press conferences denouncing the proposed managing ...
... unanimously and that responds to a national consensus on the environmental, social and economic unviability of this harmful industry in our country. We also demand that the Executive government, specifically ...
... sources in the community. Instead of responding to concerns raised by the public, the company sued the government of El Salvador, first in local courts and later at the International Centre for the Settlement ...
... then in the opposition, adopted the same position. The draft legislation was a binding resolution, forcing the government to respond.
In the lead up to the next presidential election, El Salvador’s rightwing, ...
... in which freshwater supplies become inadequate to respond to demand.
This dramatic level of environmental vulnerability explains why almost 80 percent of the population is opposed to metallic mining, ...