Photo of Alberta tarsands “development”: Northern Rockies Rising Tide
If it’s only a social movement that can change the power equation upholding the official’s stance, then the Idle No More uprising may be it.
Triggered …
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Canada: Indigenous rights are the best defence against Canada’s resource rush
Greece’s Halkidiki mining conflict escalates
Last month there was an upsurge in opposition to Eldorado Gold’s Halkidiki gold project in Greece’s Aristoteli county – and excessive force allegedly used by police against protestors. Last week, the violence escalated, on both …
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Shareholders barred from entering BP AGM for criticising tar sands
At BP’s Annual General Meeting two campaigners were refused entry to the meeting, despite holding legitimate paperwork.
Emily Coats, from the UK Tar Sands Network, was told she was ‘not welcome’, despite being a shareholder, …
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Salt Lake City residents warn others: look at what Rio Tinto’s mine has done to us
Representatives of Utah Moms for Clean Air and Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment have warned citizens of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, of the dangers of allowing a large open pit mine close to their …
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UK Tar Sands Network visits Cabinet Office
Last week UK Tar Sands Network activists paid a visit to UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s office to hand in a petition with nearly 4,000 signatures, urging the government to support the inclusion of …
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Canadian Aboriginal communities sue Rio Tinto for C$900m
Two Canadian aboriginal communities have filed a C$900 million (US$877 million) lawsuit against a Rio Tinto subsidiary, the Iron Ore Company of Canada (ICO), claiming that more than a half century of mining has disrupted …
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Nuclear news
Radioactive Y-fronts and the limits of Parliamentary scrutiny
Last week the nuclear industry and its Westminster friends celebrated the dawning of a new age, as French energy giant EDF won planning consent to construct Hinkley …
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Eldorado needs a social license to mine Greek gold
History shows that the Canadian miner faces determined and sustained opposition on environmental grounds, but it could have its treasure if it pledged a measure of it to the local population.
See http://soshalkidiki.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/eldorado-needs-a-social-license-to-mine-greek-gold/.
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Canadian High Commissioner’s Visit to Oxford Tarred by Local Protest
Canadian High Commissioner to the UK, Gordon Campbell, was greeted with protests at Oxford University on Friday 8 March. Local community members held a banner which read “Keep Tar Sands out of Europe” at the …
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Financial experts warn fossil fuels are risky investment
Financial experts have sent a clear signal that investors are growing concerned about the longterm viability of tar sands oil and other highly polluting fossil fuel industries.
In a new report by Standard & Poor’s …
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Breakthrough Regarding Legal Liability of Canadian Mining Corporations for Abuses Overseas
In an important precedent-setting development for the accountability of Canadian mining companies for alleged overseas human rights abuses, victims of rape and murder at a Guatemalan mine are now able to sue a Canadian mining …
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