... the deterioration of the environment, the deterioration of ecosystems, biodiversity, water contamination… We are talking about nothing less than the life and dignity of the people,” he stated.
Another ...
... a boost Monday as leaders of the Catholic church in the Central American country presented a bill in Congress aimed at blocking mining and protecting citizens from “serious contamination.”
“The objective ...
... contamination of natural resources like the water, the land, and the air. Further, repeating the words of the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, this subject is not political, it is a ...
... of People who would be affected by the contamination produced by the mining industry.
"They helped their colleagues and our country against extractivist companies who want to take over El Salvador's resources, ...
... Salvador has one major watershed, the Lempa River, which supplies water for over half the country's population. The proposed mine would threaten this watershed through both use of water and contamination. ...
... human rights violations, notably in the Philippines. Forceful displacement, corruption, tax evasion and contamination are crimes that government authorities in the province Nueva Vizcaya have attributed ...
... the San Sebastian site and finding that CGC had failed to take measures to mitigate the impacts of contamination as established in the original environmental monitoring plan presented by the company. Subsequent ...
... become a palpable threat to their livelihoods and their already fragile environment: “Water wells began to dry out and cattle began to die for no reason, some argue that it was due to the contamination ...
... here have extracted gold for decades worth millions of dollars”, the 58-year-old man says. “The only things that they left for us are poverty and contamination”.
People here live in simple houses under ...
... targeted for mining projects, those affected would not only be the inhabitants of Chalatenango. Avelar explained that the principal victims of water contamination in Chalatenango would be the inhabitants ...