Rio Tinto: are they telling us the whole truth?

People from communities directly affected by Rio Tinto’s activities around the world, people who work with those communities, and experts on the operations of the company, have contributed to a background report  which London Mining …
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CORE publishes briefing on UK company reporting

Over the last six years, developments in UK law on company non-financial reporting requirements have proven particularly challenging to follow. Beck Wallace has just produced for CORE a short briefing which attempts to provide an …
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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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Everything you wanted to know about nukes but were afraid to ask

Anti-Nuke Fact Sheets Galore

Nukes and Climate Change
Radioactive Waste
Radiation
Alternatives
And much more!

See http://www.nirs.org/factsheets/fctsht.htm.…
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BankTrack calls on banks to stop funding nuclear power

BankTrack, in cooperation with a number of working partners, today (26 May 2010) launches http://www.nuclearbanks.org, a new website mapping the involvement of 45 leading commercial banks in funding nuclear power projects and companies active …
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Introduction to Anglo American plc

This website contains links to a large number of articles about Anglo American plc, which can be viewed at http://londonminingnetwork.org/tag/anglo-american/.

The related Mines and Communities website (http://www.minesandcommunities.org/) contains a much larger number …
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Briefing on the health and environmental hazards of uranium mining

This technical briefing by Inge Lindemann summarises the impacts of uranium mining on human health and the environment and makes a compelling case for leaving uranium in the ground.

To download the twelve page Word …
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Clean Coal? It’s an illusion!

“Carbon capture and storage” (CCS) is one of the prime “end of pipe” solutions being peddled around the world, supposedly to cope with the egregious impacts of burning coal. However “clean” may be a consignment …
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Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails

Report from Carbon Trade Watch

Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since …
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