Unemployed march against Anglo American subsidiary
Jubilee South Africa Press Statement 14 December 2009 Unemployed people from Mapela and Mokopane in Limpopo province will march to Anglo Platinum PPL mine tomorrow to highlight the lack of employment in and around the mine. Anglo Platinum and other mining companies use the promise of employment as a key element of their strategy to [...]
Vedanta’s scare tactics against human rights NGO
Metals giant Vedanta Resources’ Indian subsidiary has launched an unprecedented attack on Survival International, apparently to drive its researchers out of an area where the company is planning to mine. See http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/5359.
Clouds gather over Copenhagen – and they’re Black with Coal
This week, the Mines and Communities website (http://www.minesandcommunities.org) has posted a set of articles about coal and climate change. Roger Moody, of Nostromo Research, introduces the postings below. Within recent months, a Scandinavian capital has become the most talked-about city on the planet. The capital is, of course, Copenhagen. It’s here that numerous heads of [...]
The Real Climate Scandal
By George Monbiot, published in The Guardian 8th December 2009 Shocked by the hacked emails? Wait till you see what the other side’s been up to. The first case study I’ve posted reveals how a coalition of US coal companies sought to persuade people that the science is uncertain. It listed the two social groups [...]
MINING CONFLICT IN PERÚ LEAVES TWO DEAD
Press release from LMN member group CATAPA On Wednesday 2nd of December in the afternoon, a new violent confrontation between local residents and police occurred in the town of Cajas Canchaque, district of Carmen de la Frontera, in the province of Huancabamba (Piura, Northern Peru). During the confrontation two residents died by police fire: Cástulo [...]
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