London Mining Network, UK Tar Sands Network and Bhopal Medical Appeal have launched our ‘Greenwash Gold 2012′ Campaign. See the campaign website at http://www.greenwashgold.org/ and vote for the company you think should win Greenwash Gold.
Wikileaks reveal true nature of Ivanhoe-Rio Tinto’s Burmese deal
Recently-released “wikileaks” have confirmed that an arrangement, by which Ivanhoe supposedly transferred its 50% stake in Burma’s Monwya copper mine to an independent “third party” trust, was nothing of the kind. As well as breaching …
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Australia passes controversial mining tax into law
The Australian Senate has pushed through into law a 30% tax on iron ore and coal mining companies. The tax will raise A$10.6bn ($11.2bn, £7bn) over three years from major companies including BHP Billiton, Rio …
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Fracking: Concerns over gas extraction regulations
Last year, Blackpool and other parts of Lancashire’s Fylde coast were rocked by two earthquakes. The tremors were only small, and geologists will tell you quakes of this size happen quite naturally about 10 times …
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Will new UN initiative to recycle E-Wastes succeed?
Four months ago, 178 nation states voted to prohibit all exports of hazardous wastes, including electronic wastes. Yet, so-called “e-wastes” – particularly from discarded mobile phones – continue being dumped across the developing world, especially …
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Will global miners buckle down to tougher government demands?
Earlier this month, the Indonesian government proposed new legislation, aimed at increasing domestic ownership and revenue from foreign-based mining operations. Last year, Ernst & Young also identified at least 25 countries that have increased, or …
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Mine rehabilitation is high risk
For residents of Johannesburg or Witbank, the most visible legacy of 100 years of mining is not the country’s well-developed engineering and financial services sectors. It is tainted water sources and dust blowing off old …
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India: Iron fists in dubious gloves
The Indian state of Goa has pledged to close down all illegal iron ore mines. That’s welcome news, except that some “legal” outfits – such as Vedanta’s Sesa Goa – have also been accused of …
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Rio Tinto transgresses on a global scale
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) declared its solidarity with the Canadian members of the United Steelworkers Union visiting New Zealand last week to gain support for their struggle against contracting out by …
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Time to end the clean coal charade
“Over the last ten years I’ve heard an incredible amount of nonsense from people championing carbon capture and storage (CCS), a.k.a. clean coal. This was usually because those pushing the technology actually had no genuine …
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Emissions set to surge 50 pct by 2050: OECD
Global greenhouse gas emissions could rise 50 percent by 2050 without more ambitious climate policies, as fossil fuels continue to dominate the energy mix, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday.…
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