Caritas El Salvador
This article discusses four myths that are told by the mining industry in order to justify their activities in Central America. First, that the current technologies used in mining ...
We think of gold as a sign of prosperity, but the farmers and communities most affected by mining just want their rivers and land back.
by John Cavanagh, Robin Broad
First published in: http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/john-cavanagh-and-robin-broad/the-real-cost-of-gold-in-the-philippines ...
Is the Commerce Group Case Really Over?
Versión en Español
As the Salvadoran anti-mining movement and its allies across the globe anxiously await a ruling from the International Centre for Investment ...
... valued at around $25 billion, while its debt is around $20 billion. “But still,” said University of Georgia professor Julio Sevilla, “you cannot really afford to make bad investments when your finances ...
... used to arrest the social activists reveal the construction of a legal case whose real purpose is to attack the Santa Marta community and the ADES leaders.
Through a statement, the community of Santa ...
... Resources attempts to obtain support from locals by investing in infrastructure, scholarships, and promises of employment, development, and economic growth, the company should realize that this approach ...
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What moment is Honduras living today?
As of the 2009 coup, Honduras became a perfect political laboratory to destroy institutions. In reality, there have been three coups d'état in Honduras: in 2009, ...
... that "at the end of the visit of the IGF consultants, they expected to have a diagnostic of the mining industry in El Salvador and to know the real situation of the resources in order to evaluate the social, ...
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries."
Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
... a Castillo government that would seek higher taxes on mining is "becoming more of a reality," Rohan Reddy, Global X vice president, and research analyst, said by phone.
Higher taxes would raise costs ...
... against, even though two other mines were suspended on similar grounds. The reality is that local communities are the ones whose rights have been trampled. KCA did not fulfil environmental regulations ...
... of our country. Couching mining projects as part of a “recovery” plan should not distract us from their real intentions and grave environmental and social impacts.
Insidiously and insolently, the Duterte ...
Bulatlat
Adam Ang
Oceanagold’s mining operations in Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya have dried up the sources of water, polluted the environment and crippled the livelihood of farmers. “We won’t be ...
... the environment, social governance. Those are the things that shareholders are valuing more today than ever, and I can say we’ve lived that… at the end of the day, it’s your actions and your real world ...
... can do whatever they want.”
He said that the ruling class – which controls government institutions, police, and the military – provide mining companies protection. “They work in concert to realize corporate ...
... strongly oppose the mining projects of Canadian firms Pan American Silver, Yamana Gold, and Eldorado Gold.
Tensions resulting from mining projects are running high in the country. Mining and real estate ...
... is to develop the content of the Treaty so that it really helps meet the goals for which it was driven.
Morgantini notes that while attempts to slow down the process have now stopped, there is currently ...
The State
Sammy
The reality of living near a gold mine is a worrisome thing, says Angel Estridge, whose family owns property less than a mile from a pond full of nasty mining waste.
She fears that ...
... to dispute or uncertainty: cash is really it,’’ said Guild, a Sierra Club lawyer who has been in discussions about the mine expansion with lawyers for OceanaGold.
Haile has proposed to add about $16 ...
... programs to weatherize homes — much less upgrade the state’s decaying water infrastructure.
This extreme weather disaster gave Americans a glimpse of the daily reality of billions who struggle to protect ...