... due to the low price of coal making their operations “economically unviable”. This has raised the alert for several national organizations, because there is no “progressive closure plan respectful of international ...
... crops, reduced fish stocks and a high incidence of plant and animal diseases.
Losing access to land leaves the community with severely reduced agricultural income and limited the ability of residents ...
...
A long stretch of conveyor belt transport nickel ores to mineral processing plant within the Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) site in Surigao del Norte province, February 2016. Image by Ryan Dael of ...
... calling the mine’s presence “really aggravating..’’
Estridge was among a handful of people to speak this past week against the Haile Gold Mine’s plan to expand so that it can dig more gold from the ...
... plans are drawing scrutiny from conservationists who are worried about the company’s recent troubles and its long-term plans for cleaning up the mining site.
John Tynan, director of the Conservation ...
... the American Rescue Plan, Congress’s next big relief bill will focus on building a green infrastructure — and it can create tens of thousands of good, dignified union jobs in the process.
Movements that ...
... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...
... Honduran Congress cut 217 hectares from the core zone of the park from which construction was prohibited. On January 28, 2014, the first licence was granted to Emco Mining for their planned open-pit iron ...
... as to “comply with the provisions of the PZ Promoter and Organizer’s master plan common interest community declaration,” to be enacted on all land registered within the PZ. In exchange, Residents are promised ...
... is located at the site of a historic mining operation that closed.
Following months of public meetings, DHEC approved a permit in October 2013 to develop the mine and an ore processing plant.
Now, ...
... risks of the mine, began regular protests and strikes in 2013 while the project was still in planning, leading to conflicts with the police. In January 2018, Tahoe denied claims from local activists and ...
... coast and a cacao plantation located in its northeast.
Colombia. Around 15 Investor-State cases are pending against Colombia. These arbitrations relate to disputes over the construction and maintenance ...
... that it may affect some famous tourist destinations in the mineral- and agriculture-rich upland town of Kasibu.
The governor also cited the MGB Geohazard Map, published in 2012, indicating that Nueva ...
... States.
El Junquillo belongs to the municipality of San Isidro, which together with Guacotecti and Sensuntepeque, made up the area in which the exploitation of gold and silver was planned within the ...
... among affected residents.
In addition, it is of key importance for the leaders to secure health diagnosis and treatment plans for people affected by toxic metals, and the care of specialized doctors ...
... governance.
In Karen territory in Burma, 1,500 villagers mobilized after Burmese soldiers killed and robbed an indigenous Karen woman in July. Another murder of West Papuan in palm oil plantation by ...
... the Macraes operation on New Zealand’s less populated South Island. The company is now planning to expand the Martha pit, build a smaller adjacent pit, and put up a new tailings storage facility, the third ...
... planned mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park, in the northern part of this Central American nation. The conflict has left a wake of people dead, injured and imprisoned.
According to public records ...
... Rehabilitation and Decommissioning Plan (FMRDP) of the Didipio mining project, so the LGUs and affected communities are properly informed about these protocols. We remind President Duterte that he himself ...
... the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and exposed its technical deficiencies when he was part of the Citizens’ Review Panel. In 2015, he founded the Center for Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Technology ...