Global CO2 emissions rise 3 percent in 2011: report

Global carbon dioxide emissions rose 3 percent to 34 billion tonnes in 2011, according to a new EU report, undermining a U.N. goal to limit the rise in global average temperatures to 2C above industrial levels by 2050. See...

MEPs call for responsible new EBRD mining strategy

The new mining strategy of the EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) risks contradicting the EU Resource Efficiency Roadmap and responsible mining principles, argue 22 MEPs in an open letter to European Commissioners which asks the EC to take a...

A black future for coal?

The Indian example An analysis of the coal market by Nostromo Research. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11814&l=1.

Indigenous Peoples speak out on mining

The UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) met recently in Geneva. On the agenda was discussion of a paper that EMRIP prepared on the right of indigenous peoples to participate in decision making, with a focus on the extractive industries. See...