... May. “This is what has weakened governments and spaces for policy making.”
Investors’ protections written into commercial treaties have serious consequences for governments in the global south. In ...
... impacts on affected communities.
(1) Commerce Group, La Unión
In San Sebastian, we saw the consequences of industrial mining on the local watershed and public health. We saw the lasting and unmitigated ...
... students, social justice activists, and community members listened attentively to Vidalina's remarks about mining in El Salvador.
With slides and pictures, Vidalina explained the devastating consequences ...
... sphere is no exception.
We, the undersigned people of faith, implore the Milwaukee-based Commerce Group to weigh the ethical and environmental consequences of pursuing further mining in San Sebastian, ...
... consequences: once the mining excavations expose sulfide to the air and rain, it is converted to sulfuric acid. With each new rain, the acid unleashes new toxic substances down the mountain and into the ...
... in the department of La Union, is confronting on a daily basis the consequences of more than one hundred years of mining. A Wisconsin based company has been responsible for the mining project in that ...
... Dominican Republic.”1 Despite well-founded fears about the consequences of DR-CAFTA among its critics, President George W. Bush and his administration lobbied heavily for the passage of the bill, which ...
... speak of these damages and destruction because we have lived them with our own flesh. We have lived and are living the consequences of the mining exploitation.
We wish to express our solidarity because ...
... cannot be replaced with an artificial channel. No engineering work can replace what took nature centuries to build.
This exercise in altering nature can have long-term consequences. In the case of Quellaveco, ...