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1. Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); In an obscure World Bank court, a multinational mining firm is suing El Salvador for attempting to protect its citizens from deadly mining pollution. by Robin Broad and John Cavanah Published in: http://fpif.org/meet-company-suing-el-salvador-right-poison-water/ ...; Created on 04 September 2014
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... River is now dead thanks to Ivanhoe and Lepanto,” he said. He added that tailings from the mine disposed into the river have had a harmful impact on fish, and heavy metals have poisoned agricultural lands. ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and the lead poisoning of dozens of children. The impunity surrounding environmental crime and corruption points toward a crucial new agenda item for protecting the planet: restoring the rule of law ...; Created on 23 April 2021
4. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... operations are reported. In November 2020, the Peruvian research outlet Ojo Público published a report entitled: “The lead poisoned children of Cerro de Pasco expect justice“, based on a field investigation ...; Created on 22 April 2021
5. 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
6. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... material used in rat poison. Three months later, DHEC said it had fined the Kershaw Mineral Lab more than $16,000 for 19 environmental violations, including for hazardous waste. Then in February, DHEC ...; Created on 30 March 2021
7. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Gold mining uses toxic chemicals like cyanide that poison water. But a global mining company attempted to buy public support by launching flashy PR campaigns, funding local projects, and hiring expensive ...; Created on 28 March 2021
8. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue: (OceanaGold); ... of rat poison. Then, in December, the operation's laboratory — located across the street and run by a third-party — was hit with a US$16,000 (roughly A$20,500) for its failure to properly manage hazardous ...; Created on 15 February 2021
9. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... the Haile mine $11,200 for multiple violations, including the release of thallium, a metal used to make rat poison. In December, the agency said it had fined the Haile Gold Mine minerals laboratory, which ...; Created on 12 February 2021
10. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to agriculture. He mentions that at that time he learned to plow the land with oxen but now he uses conventional agriculture. "You don't work like that anymore, you work with poison and that's where poisoned ...; Created on 05 January 2021
11. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Marcopper mining site, lost a leg and had growths on his fingers due to heavy metal poisoning. 2008 photo by Alex Felipe Marcopper, Placer Dome, and Barrick Gold have faced several legal actions since ...; Created on 04 October 2019
12. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... This problem affects us all in our daily lives, but it is the poor who suffer the most, especially women and children. Toxic waste and heavy metals from industry, poisonous chemicals from agricultural ...; Created on 27 August 2018
13. Duterte's new warning to mining companie: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... mine and haul road, erosion, and sedimentation from runoff. Weighing heavily on local inhabitants' minds was that they did not know the poisonous chemicals used by OceanaGold to separate the gold from ...; Created on 08 May 2018
14. The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... protect El Salvador from the grave threat of mining operations that would poison the water and air, seriously affecting every inhabitant of this country, principally the people in those areas. “It is ...; Created on 08 March 2017
15. El Salvador Lessons for the TPP Fight: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to fight the project over concerns that the toxic chemicals used in gold mining would poison their water. In time, they won over a strong majority of the public and rallied the Catholic Church, small businesses, ...; Created on 10 November 2016
16. In the Keystone Suit, It’s Big Oil vs. Democracy: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... poison the Lempa River, the country’s primary source of drinking water, Pacific Rim claimed that the government was discriminating against it and was obliged under the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) ...; Created on 02 February 2016
17. Resistance against the bloodsucker: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Gold Corporation burst, releasing a poisonous wave of one million liters of cyanide into the environment. Anti-mine activists often tortured and killed “In principle, we are not against mining gold, ...; Created on 03 January 2016
18. El Salvador: Vote Against Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the mine, scientifically described as “acid mine drainage”. When the river overflows, the fields get flooded with this poison, which leaves behind the heavy metals, Lead and Cadmium – this was recently ...; Created on 02 January 2016
19. Urgent! Strengthening a powerful global voice in defence of life: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... they say that it is because of the artisanal mining we had before that the river is polluted and why we don’t have water, and because of this we have to buy it. But we did not use all this poison that ...; Created on 29 September 2015
20. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Gobierno central con respecto a este caso. Published before the actions: OtherWords, TruthOut and fpif.org : Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water An obscure tribunal housed ...; Created on 29 September 2014

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