The Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards were presented in Trafalgar Square, London, on 20 July – and all three contenders won Gold!
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Rio Tinto voted worst company linked to Olympics
IndustriALL Global Union joined thousands of activists around the world to vote for Rio Tinto as the worst company linked to the London Olympics in the Greenwash awards, as the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) awarded …
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Surprise theatrical protest inside British Museum over BP sponsorship of Shakespeare and the Olympics
Members of LMN member group UK Tar Sands Network joined with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company on Sunday to call for the culture world to sever its ties with Olympic sponsor BP because of the damaging …
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Vedanta accused of further serious violations in India
Not once, not twice, but three times in a week!
On 17th July 2012, the leading Oriya language news daily, Samaja, reported that the company had illegally dumped fly (coal) ash and excavated soil onto …
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A Lizard seeks revenge on BHP Billiton
BHP Billiton’s gigantic Olympic Dam copper-uranium mine in South Australia has long been a focus of strident protests.
Legal action has been taken by local Arabunna elder, ‘Uncle’ Kevin Buzzacott, to halt expansion of the …
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The London Stock Exchange – A haven for laundered conflict assets?
In a report released last week, Asset laundering and AIM: Congo, corporate misconduct and the market value of human rights, the business and human rights organisation Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) catalogues the …
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UK High Court orders Anglo American to disclose documents to South African gold miners
Anglo American South Africa Ltd (AASA) has been ordered by a UK High Court judge to disclose an array of documents to ex-gold miners who are suing AASA for silicosis in a mass action in …
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Peru brokers deal on Anglo American copper mine
Peru has brokered a deal between the regional government of Moquegua and Anglo American to allow the global firm to build its $3 billion Quellaveco copper mine. Anglo American will make voluntary payments to communities …
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Peruvian Government criminalizes protests against mining
Ollanta Humala was sworn in as Peru’s president on July 28, 2011, promising to foment dialogue to resolve the social conflicts prevalent throughout the country. In his inaugural speech, he said that “the excessive increase …
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Xstrata still in trouble in the Philippines
At last, after all the waiting, the Executive Order (EO) on mining has been released by the Office of the President in the Philippines. As predicted, the Order has been greeted with cries of protest, …
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Mongolia: “Resource Nationalists” may make life difficult for Rio Tinto
As the dust began to fall over Mongolia’s elections last month, the free-market advocate, Tsakhia Elbedgorj, lost his post as president, and the majority of parliamentary seats went to the Democratic party. Whether this party, …
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