... a country rich in precious minerals.
In a position paper read at a hearing of a panel of the House of Representatives Wednesday, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment called for the urgent passage ...
... also be allocated for the government’s pandemic response.
But Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment refuted this, saying the move is a “fake Covid-19 economic recovery program.”
“We won’t ...
... Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM).
We Express:
Our rejection of the damaging mining project which negatively affects the lives of the people and the well-being of the environment.
Our rejection ...
... them to voluntarily take measures to do so.
“All around the world, people are being harmed by the business practices of Canadian companies and their subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers,” said ...
... American is fueling with Indigenous Mapuche Tehuelche People and other residents of the province of Chubut, Argentina. The company’s involvement in pressuring local authorities to overturn a mining ban ...
... severely wounded. He is a national spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance.
Claver knows first-hand the dangers facing land defenders in the Philippines who resist mining and other industrial ...
... nearly 4,000 people are calling on the Vancouver-based company to halt all community activities in the Central American country.
In mid-April, activists delivered a petition to Pan American Silver urging ...
... interests have been pressing the authorities to lift mining bans in the region. A wave of fires, which local people believe were the result of arson, have destroyed land that indigenous communities had ...
The Conversation
Giada Ferrucci
Two men shot Arnold Joaquín Morazán Erazo to death in his home in Tocoa, Honduras, one night in October 2020. Morazán was an environmental activist and one of 32 people ...
... the country have led to the marginalization and oppression of communities and indigenous peoples, as well as pollution and the destruction of the environment," Guerrero said in a statement.
Kalikasan ...
... gold and copper mine have lost their jobs during the first round of permanent layoffs conducted by OceanaGold.
Along with the termination of direct employees, approximately 400 people working with contractors ...
... and powerful Western corporations set their sights on these lands, or the minerals beneath them, local people standing in their way frequently find themselves bulldozed. In the era of climate catastrophe, ...
... in Colombia in 2020, two thirds were leaders who work in the defense of land, the environment and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Over the years, various organizations have denounced these impacts ...
... multinational miner” and that it had the strong endorsement of residents in local communities in and around the mine, including Indigenous people.
In fact, the mine is strongly opposed by local communities ...
... more jobs, the government says, in the country with one of the highest unemployment rates in Southeast Asia. Some 190,000 people were employed in mining in the Philippines before the pandemic, according ...
... the descriptor “ordinary people” in the subtitle and throughout the book strikes an odd note. These are people who risked, and some lost, their lives to defend their homes and communities and in so doing ...
The Nation
Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
In March 2017, people from poorer communities across El Salvador stood up to corporate power and convinced their legislature to make their country the first ...
... dealing with loud noises from the mine that keep people up at night, Estridge said.
“We’re on land that has been owned by our family for over 100 years in this area, and we were here first,’’ she said, ...
... economy. The gold mine employs about 400 people now and would add more than 200 jobs with the expansion, officials have said. OceanaGold says more than $1 billion has been invested in developing the mine ...
FPIF
Robin Broad, John Cavanagh
From West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. ...