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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Rio Tinto: are they telling us the whole truth?
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!
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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