On Wednesday 24 April, 50 people took part in a demonstration and rally outside the annual general meeting of Drax Plc, in London, organised by Biofuelwatch and supported by 16 other groups including LMN and …
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Drax AGM targeted over biomass conversion plans
Julio Gomez speaks outside Anglo American AGM – denounces displacements for mining in Colombia
Colombian community activist Julio Gomez, representing FECODEMIGUA, an alliance of communities displaced by the Cerrejon coal mine, attended the AGM of Anglo American yesterday. Watch a 3-minute video interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnjVAI-SBp8.…
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A Mountain of Waste 70 Years High: Ending the Nuclear Age
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction “A Mountain of Waste Seventy Years High” nuclear symposium was held at the University of Chicago December 1 and 2, 2012. The first …
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Goldcorp operations in Guatemala under the microscope
Goldcorp has been repeatedly accused of damaging the environment and violating human rights in countries where it operates, particularly Guatemala.
In an in-depth documentary, news outlet AlJazeera TV analyses the main claims against the miner, …
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Bankwatch, Rio Tinto and the EBRD
Bankwatch recently hosted a discussion about the role of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in financing mining The EBRD has a mandate to promote democracy, market economies and sustainable development (in the debatable …
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Dongria’s message to Vedanta ahead of AGM: “We won’t leave our land”
Ahead of the AGM of Vedanta Resources in London today, India’s Dongria Kondh tribe has sent a strong message to the company’s chairman Anil Agarwal. ‘Even if Anil Agarwal himself comes here, we won’t leave …
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Olympic Goodwill Image Belied by Arrests, Censorship and Corporate Ties Behind London Games
While NBC has been airing wall-to-wall coverage of Olympic Games in London, little attention has been paid to what has taken place behind the scenes and just outside Olympic Park. London police arrested 182 people …
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Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards: the movie
The Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards were presented in Trafalgar Square, London, on 20 July – and all three contenders won Gold!
Click on the image to watch and enjoy the seven-minute video.
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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Police arrested actors for spilling custard, say Olympic protesters
The former London 2012 “ethics tsar” Meredith Alexander has accused police of an “Olympic-sized overreaction”, saying they broke up a theatre performance designed to highlight the problems of corporate sponsorship of the Games and arrested …
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