Scotland should produce enough renewable electricity to meet all its power demand by 2025, First Minister Alex Salmond said Tuesday. “Scotland has unrivalled green energy resources and our new national target to generate 80 percent …
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Scotland To Get 100 Pct Green Energy by 2025
LMN and others urge European Commission to ban cyanide use
In May, the European Parliament called for a complete ban on the use of cyanide in mining. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10102. The European Commission refused to endorse the ban. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10246. In response, a number …
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An introduction to coal mining
London Mining Network has produced an introductory briefing on coal mining, dealing with its impacts on farming communities, Indigenous Peoples, water, air and human health.
It calls for a just, planned transition away from coal and the creation of …
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The Niyamgiri struggle may be over, but a far greater battle is still to be won
Pravin Patel is a leading Indian tribal rights activist, who recently revealed the true extent of the disaster caused by Vedanta’s faulty chimney construction in Chhattisgarh. In a recent article he roundly condemns the UK …
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Ocean exploration reaches perilous new depths
Plans to mine the deep sea bed aren’t anything new. Indeed, they have been around for at least as long as members of the United Nations have been tussling over who should “control” it. But …
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Peruvian farmers protest Anglo American’s fresh water plan
According to the newspaper, La República, residents are demanding that the Peruvian government force Anglo American to use sea water for its Quellaveco copper project – a move which would cost the UK company around …
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Xstrata’s Tampakan mine criticised in Philippines
A fact-finding mission has uncovered further evidence that the Xstrata-operated Tampakan mine in the Philippines did not have the Free, Prior, Informed Consent of the affected B’laan communities. Despite this, and the recent provincial ordinance …
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Everything Vedanta touches turns to ashes!
Vedanta Resources plc is not just a major metals producer – it’s also well on the way to being one of India’s most important energy providers and power traders. If its grandiose plans are allowed …
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Vedanta blames “foreign-funded” NGOs for its problems
Foreign funded NGOs are responsible for Vedanta crisis, says Mukesh Kumar, Vedanta COO.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10363.…
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Toppling the Aluminium Goliath: Reflections on a landmark victory
The campaign is so startlingly global and diverse and multi-faceted that most campaigners don’t even know of the existence of most of the other campaigners. “Who are you people? Where do you come from?” a …
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