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21. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... over local consultations. “If the company wishes to have the referendum overturned, it must find a pro-mining group to initiate an injunction through a local court,” said Armando Teo, a local community ...; Created on 22 September 2022
22. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... we will continue to demand a General Water Law that guarantees sustainability and the human rights of the population, above the interests of any oligarchic group in the country. Water is not for sale, ...; Created on 23 December 2021
23. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to sell their projects. The struggle took international dimensions when two companies, Commerce Group and Pacific Rim (later acquired by OceanaGold), decided to sue the government of El Salvador at the ...; Created on 29 June 2021
24. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... West Philippine Sea. Pass ‘green’ recovery measures instead Kalikasan PNE urged the government to enforce what it called a “green recovery policy,” instead of reviving pro-mining measures. The group ...; Created on 24 May 2021
25. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... rights abuses and environmental devastation. But they are up against a very powerful lobbying group and a government with very little will to transform the industry. In 2010, a private members bill was ...; Created on 12 May 2021
26. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); GuapinolResiste After finding that the detention of the eight Guapinol defenders imprisoned for more than 17and 26 months is arbitrary, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urges the Government ...; Created on 11 May 2021
27. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... A UN working group recently ruled that the the detention of the eight defenders is arbitrary. The defenders have since launched legal action, and Blanca Izaguirre, the country’s human rights ombudsperson ...; Created on 06 May 2021
28. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a series of devastating mining accidents. The executive order released Thursday was welcomed by the mining sector -- but green groups branded the decision "outrageous" and warned it could lead to more environmental ...; Created on 05 May 2021
29. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the local community. Prostitutes were sent to local community groups to try to entice the water defenders’ leaders. Gang members were bused in from San Salvador to intimidate opponents of the pro-mining ...; Created on 23 April 2021
30. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... during the pandemic. In Colombia, Glencore also controls the business group Prodeco, which owns coal mines and associated infrastructure in the Cesar and Magdalena departments. Prodeco has five mining ...; Created on 22 April 2021
31. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the land,” Morrison said. “When OceanaGold’s FTAA expired in June 2019, community groups and local and provincial governments took action, including a legally sanctioned barricade, forcing OceanaGold ...; Created on 22 April 2021
32. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... groups say. Signed April 14 and made public April 15, Executive Order 130 highlights the contribution of the extractives sector in reviving the country’s economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The sector ...; Created on 15 April 2021
33. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Wall Street. Undoubtedly, the most vital component was the determination and organizing acumen of the Riveras, Morales, and their allies in the community groups that anchored La Mesa. Yet other community-based ...; Created on 05 April 2021
34. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... before the mine opened would not increase. The Sierra Club was the only environmental group to challenge a permit for the mine in 2014, ultimately succeeding in forcing the company to put up $10 million ...; Created on 30 March 2021
35. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... bear kinship with the Salvadoran water defenders are already active in many parts of this country. In Alaska, Native groups linked with conservationists to halt the giant Pebble Mine, which would have ...; Created on 28 March 2021
36. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... start making other people aware of the risk of mining. Marco Werman: So, Robin, in the book you wrote with John Cavanagh, you chronicle the struggle of this group of Salvadoran activists known as the ...; Created on 22 March 2021
37. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); Guapinol Resiste On February 9, 2021, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sent a strong and clear message to Honduras: Immediately release the eight imprisoned Guapinol defenders. In its resolution ...; Created on 14 March 2021
38. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... the Dunedin City Council said this week it was replacing several kilometres of old pipes in the area at a cost of about $6million, council Three Waters group manager Tom Dyer included OceanaGold’s Macraes ...; Created on 13 March 2021
39. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... groups,” she added. Community members from Didipio, Nueva Vizcaya, accuse Canadian OceanaGold’s copper-gold project of serious human rights and environmental abuses. “In 2018, local indigenous people, ...; Created on 25 February 2021
40. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... a group of eight lawmakers in introducing the Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021—legislation that lays out a comprehensive framework for combating corruption, impunity, and human rights ...; Created on 23 February 2021

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