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1. Church in El Salvador backs law declaring clean, affordable water as a human right
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... but God wants the salvation of mankind in its entirety, in its daily reality,” he says. “God does not want injustice. The Lord has sent us to work for the Kingdom of God on earth.”  Republished from: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/04/06/church-el-salvador-backs-law-declaring-clean-affordable-water-human ...
Created on 08 May 2018
2. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.
(Commerce Group)
... in water.    Instead of satisfying requirements made by MARN to present a environmental clean up plan, CGC launched a law suit against the government of El Salvador under national courts, arguing that ...
Created on 02 March 2016
3. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... granting mining licenses back in 2008 in an attempt to preserve the country’s limited clean water supplies and safeguard the environment.   But Australian mining company OceanaGold Co, and its subsidiary ...
Created on 18 April 2015
4. International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the five men helped lead a campaign to ban metals mining in 2017 and protect El Salvador’s primary source of clean water, the Lempa River Basin. The countrywide ban was the first of its kind anywhere in ...
Created on 20 December 2023
5. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... toxic chemicals into local rivers. Prioritizing clean drinking water was a must as climate change worsened droughts in the region. But the government today appears to be on the verge of turning back ...
Created on 03 April 2023
6. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...
(Cerro Blanco)
... which recognizes that clean potable water and sanitation are essential for the implementation of all human rights, has been recognized by the States of Guatemala and El Salvador, specifically. 4. That ...
Created on 12 June 2022
7. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... be supplied to populations. The first two meet the basic family needs for food, personal hygiene, cleaning, including raising domestic animals that do not constitute a commercial or lucrative activity; ...
Created on 23 December 2021
8. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... local mayor. Through it all, the water defenders stayed on message, focusing on the importance of clean water with slogans such as “Agua es vida” and “Si a la vida” (“Water is life”; “Yes to life”). The ...
Created on 23 April 2021
9. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... if it’s something as vital and popular as ensuring clean and affordable water for all. The terms “water defenders” and “water protectors” resonate broadly and effectively around the world. RELATED ARTICLE ...
Created on 05 April 2021
10. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption
(OceanaGold)
... said the company’s existing $10 million bond will not be increased. Overall, the company has increased a financial package to pay for restoration and cleanup from $67 million to $81 million, but it largely ...
Created on 02 April 2021
11. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... plans are drawing scrutiny from conservationists who are worried about the company’s recent troubles and its long-term plans for cleaning up the mining site. John Tynan, director of the Conservation ...
Created on 30 March 2021
12. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... sacred Apache lands. And across the country, the Poor People’s Campaign is uniting many of these struggles with the demand for clean and affordable water for the 14 million Americans who lack it — from ...
Created on 28 March 2021
13. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... Saved A Country from Corporate Greed." TRANSCRIPT: Marco Werman: This is a story about gold and water and activism. El Salvador is dangerously close to running out of clean water. Its rivers have ...
Created on 22 March 2021
14. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed
(OceanaGold)
Otago Daily Hamish Maclean OceanaGold has welcomed investigations under way to rule out all possible sources of lead in an Otago community’s water supply even after the mining company resurfaced on ...
Created on 13 March 2021
15. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... in South Carolina are so contaminated they are today federal Superfund cleanup sites. The Haile Gold Mine reopened at the site of a historic gold-digging operation after locating gold that miners in ...
Created on 12 February 2021
16. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... allies in the struggle for a more luminous and clean future, it is also exceptionally moving, full of unforgettable characters, intrigue, and surprising twists and turns. An essential, enthralling book ...
Created on 14 January 2021
17. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... way to guarantee food and support small producers who rely less on external chemical-based products: “(With organic agriculture) we have a cleaner production, everyone can participate in farming at home, ...
Created on 05 January 2021
18. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration
(ISDS)
... the members of the Tribunal are appointed, Peru is likely to use the “clean hands doctrine” to allege lack of jurisdiction. In doing so, Peru will have to prove that the acts of corruption that it alleges ...
Created on 19 December 2020
19. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute
(Regional News)
... with and trust in the company began rapidly eroding. Left with few avenues to resolve their concerns, including a lack of clean water, overpriced medicine, and a dearth of unionized jobs, the community ...
Created on 28 November 2020
20. Anti-mining community, Gina Lopez awarded as heroes for the environment
(OceanaGold Philippines)
...  Other awardees A posthumous award was also given to Roberto “Obet” Verzola for being “a champion of sustainable agriculture and safe and clean energy.” Verzola was at the forefront in the fight against ...
Created on 07 October 2020
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