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1. Solidarity from 3,000 Miles Away
(2013 International Support for Mining Ban)
Solidarity from 3,000 Miles Away Last winter, when environmental activists and members of the community of San Sebastian heard about the struggles in Wisconsin to defeat legislation that would pave the ...
Created on 26 July 2012
2. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... in suits” drilling for gold. In the early 2000s, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation—acquired by OceanaGold in 2013—started drilling exploration wells in Cabañas Department, about 40 miles northeast of San ...
Created on 11 April 2021
3. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption
(OceanaGold)
... mine,’’ said Chuck Sanders, who said he lives two miles away from the Haile site. “Having read over the last couple of years the different violations with mercury, cyanide, rat poison and so forth, I just ...
Created on 02 April 2021
4. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... complete.’’ The Haile Gold Mine, a historic site that reopened under OceanaGold, is about six miles from the town of Kershaw in southern Lancaster County. The company is seeking to expand the site because ...
Created on 30 March 2021
5. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... across the political spectrum? Luis Parada: In a country like El Salvador, which is a very small country, 8,000 square miles, very densely populated with risks of earthquakes, mudslides and a water crisis ...
Created on 22 March 2021
6. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... troubles lightly — particularly residents of Kershaw. The Lancaster County town, located north of Camden between Columbia and Charlotte, is about three miles from the mine. “I feel really bad that ...
Created on 12 February 2021
7. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression
(Regional News)
... is to stop the state of siege due to concerns about abuses against the resisting communities. Guatemalan Governance is signaling milestones in the fight against drug trafficking. Sunday, July 19th, Government ...
Created on 22 July 2020
8. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... made based on the experience and according to Perez Rocha, “it was a real milestone in the campaign as it strengthened the links between people from the international organizations with the Salvadoran ...
Created on 23 June 2017
9. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... heard from a delegation from the Philippines, home to OceanaGold’s gold and copper Dipidio mine, located some 167 miles north of Manila in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. For years, the same ...
Created on 16 April 2017
10. Peoples Sovereignty vs Impunity Inc.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... be held in July 2015. The commencement of this group’s work constitutes a milestone in the history of the struggle against the impunity of transnational corporations. The social movements and organisations ...
Created on 12 July 2015
11. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... to legal accountability for corporate crimes is a long struggle, but the vote in the UNHRC marks an important milestone because it aims to set a trend in international law that establishes the primacy ...
Created on 20 October 2014
12. Media coverage of the International Month of Action
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... It sits in downtown Washington, D.C., behind security guards at the World Bank. At issue is the future of El Salvador, some 2,000 miles away, where a global mining company—Pacific Rim, now owned by Australian/Canadian ...
Created on 29 September 2014
13. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... is the future of El Salvador, some 2,000 miles away, where a global mining company—Pacific Rim, now owned by Australian/Canadian corporation OceanaGold—wants to mine gold in ways that could well poison ...
Created on 25 September 2014
14. Inside a secret hearing at a foreign tribunal, El Salvador awaits a verdict
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... decisions about El Salvador’s future will be made behind closed doors – almost 2,000 miles away from the Central American country. On September 15th, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment ...
Created on 17 September 2014
15. Environmentalists call for concrete signals of a sustainability agenda for El Salvador
(Background and reports )
... exchanged friendly smiles and handshakes, this time as the newly appointed Vice-Minister of the Environment.  Other high profile officials included Lina Pohl, Minister of the Environment, Roberto Lorenzana, ...
Created on 12 June 2014
16. World Water Week
(2013 North America Tour)
... day, almost 2,000 miles away a group of Mesa supporters were leafleting at the World Bank around the very same issues.  For the last four weeks, representatives from different D.C. based organizations ...
Created on 31 March 2012
17. Cross Border Struggles: Anti-Mining Ties between WI and El Salvador
(Commerce Group)
... Gogebic Taconite, a U.S. company, is looking to open an iron mine in northern Wisconsin that would be worth $12 million.  The project proposes an open pit mine that would stretch over 22 miles.  The ...
Created on 28 February 2012

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