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1. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... in some cases, for weeks. The elevated mercury levels were found while testing air pollution control equipment in 2018 and 2019, the order says. Haile officials told DHEC that they ran into trouble because ...; Created on 12 February 2021
2. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); San Salvador June 16, 2018 This morning members of more than seventy social organizations, environmentalists, youth, women groups, churches, unions and universities across the country marched through ...; Created on 25 June 2018
3. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Download the Report here (Ottawa/Washington/Melbourne) A new study finds that OceanaGold’s attempt to rebrand its proposed gold mine in El Salvador through the use of a company-sponsored foundation ...; Created on 23 March 2016
4. “El Dorado Foundation” develops misleading social programs: Jennifer Moore: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By Gloria Orellana - CoLatino "The activities of the El Dorado Foundation are misleading, are dangerous and show a lack of deep respect for the people of Cabañas and El Salvador," said Jennifer Moore, ...; Created on 07 March 2016
5. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... newfound strength to press lawmakers into passing the mining ban. During the resistance to the Pacific Rim project, anti-mining activists organized around two key issues: water and health. In El Salvador, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
6. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The water defenders were part of a resistance group fighting the right-wing dictatorship during the war. But they come from Santa Marta, a community founded by displaced people largely considered to be ...; Created on 03 April 2023
7. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... waste systems, recently published by the Heinrich Boll Foundation confirms the concerns expressed by environmental organizations. Dr. Dina Lopez, a retired vulcanologist from the University of Ohio, has ...; Created on 22 September 2022
8. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people: (Regional News); ... and she was involved in the struggle of indigenous and black peoples. This is how she became one of the founders of the Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (the Confederación de Pueblos Autóctonos ...; Created on 25 December 2021
9. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya), who was a former House lawmaker, stated. In an article, Ibon Foundation, an independent think tank, claimed that the government has “exaggerated” ...; Created on 24 May 2021
10. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site. More information, in Spanish, including videos of the PNC entering La Puya, can be found here, La Puya – facebook. You can read more ...; Created on 23 May 2021
11. Community and environmental concerns not “pertinent” to Pan American Silver’s business: (Mining and Human Rights); Breaking the Silence Vancouver-based mining company Pan American Silver held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 12th: the final shareholder meeting for retiring founder and Board Chair Ross Beaty. ...; Created on 17 May 2021
12. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of killings of land and environmental defenders in the world in 2018. The same report found mining to be the deadliest sector globally for protesting land defenders. And Canadian mining companies are ...; Created on 12 May 2021
13. Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mine in Guatemala. The suit was brought by York University law professor and co-founder of the Justice & Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), Shin Imai, who first sought the information through access-to-information ...; Created on 11 May 2021
14. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... objectivity and independence, and under all the criteria studied, it found that the detention of the eight environmental defenders is arbitrary for three reasons: 1. First, because there is no legal ...; Created on 11 May 2021
15. Reactivation of Cerro Blanco Mining Project: (Mining and Human Rights); ... very good background and history of the Cerro Blanco mine can be found on the Environmental Justice Atlas website, here, EJAtlas – Cerro Blanco. There is information in both English and Spanish and, though ...; Created on 06 May 2021
16. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); PROSPECT Sasha Chavkin From tropical rain forests to drinkable water, a vast share of the planet’s essential environmental resources are found in developing countries. When growth-oriented governments ...; Created on 23 April 2021
17. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... and Indigenous people, Morrison said on April 16, because “OceanaGold has been found to have committed serious human rights violations”. OceanaGold started mining in Didipio in 2013, despite opposition ...; Created on 22 April 2021
18. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Gina Lopez, a staunch anti-mining advocate, as secretary of the DENR. In her one year in office, Lopez oversaw the closure and/or suspension of permits for 26 mining operations found in violation of environmental ...; Created on 15 April 2021
19. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... get to decide whether a sovereign nation’s laws were legal? We found this completely wrong, completely outrageous.” Outrage is a frequently occurring sentiment in a story that begins with “white men ...; Created on 11 April 2021
20. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... found himself leading a pro-water march to the national legislature—there was one final X factor in their victories: a miracle from God. Whether you agree with this or not, any such miracle would not have ...; Created on 05 April 2021

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