One third of ministers in the UK government, including top cabinet ministers, are linked to the UK finance and energy companies fuelling climate change, a report from LMN member group World Development Movement reveals.
The anti-poverty campaign …
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Troubled coal mining company Bumi plc is to hold an Extraordinary General Meeting this Thursday, 21 February, to decide on Nat Rothschild’s proposal to throw out nearly all of the company’s current directors and replace …
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Photo: tailings pond at Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi mine
Rio Tinto’s vast Oyu Tolgoi copper/gold mine in the South Gobi desert of Mongolia is currently being considered by the World Bank for financing from the …
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Protesters in Europe want to stop tarsands oil coming from Canada through the KXL pipeline to the Gulf of Mexico. Help by signing the petition – click on image for more.
Right now Mongolia has one of the world’s fastest growing economies because of the minerals it owns, but nearly a third of the population still lives in poverty. Mongolia could become one of those countries …
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Led by the SINTRACARBON union, mine workers at Colombia’s largest coal mine have gone on strike.
See the Declaration of the miner’s union at : http://colombiasupport.net/2013/02/sintracarbon-obliged-to-decree-the-beginning-of-the-strike-against-carbones-del-cerrejon-ltd/ and the history of operation of the mine …
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Joint urgent action request from Colombia Solidarity Campaign, London Mining Network and War on Want
Three huge mining companies listed on the London Stcok Exchange own Colombian company Cerrejon Coal, operator of the Cerrejon opencast …
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Early Day Motion 649
British Registered mining companies at El Cerrejon in Colombia
“That this House notes that the Cerrejon coal mine continues to have negative impacts on communities in the Colombian department of La …
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Call to action to support award winning environmental campaigner
Father Marco Arana, who has won international renown for his work to defend human rights and the environment in Peru against destructive mining, has been arrested …
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Amnesty International’s Swiss branch has produced an urgent action, available at http://ua.amnesty.ch/urgent-actions/2012/06/156-12/ua-156-12-english.
Please send letters, emails or faxes to arrive as soon as possible.…
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Action Alert from JATAM (Indonesian mining advocacy network)
Among London-listed mining companies active in Indonesia are Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Churchill Mining.
Support ANTI MINING DAY (HATAM) Commemoration, 29 May 2012
INDONESIAN SOVEREIGNTY WITHOUT …
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