UK mining company helps undermine Indigenous rights in Canada
Mining projects in Schefferville: Newfoundland and Labrador government undermining Innu rights The Innu communities of Matimekush-Lac John and of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam, supported by the member communities of the Innu Strategic Alliance, are undertaking concrete actions to have their rights respected and to make the governments understand that no mining development is to take place [...]
Greystar says Colombia accepts its gold mine appeal
Shares of Greystar Resources jumped 45 percent after the company said it won’t have to redesign its Angostura gold project in Colombia to conform to new mining regulations in the country. In a statement, Greystar said Colombia had accepted its appeal against a demand to resubmit an environmental study on the project. Greystar Resources is [...]
Impacts of dangerous new radioactive waste unassessed: Greenpeace report
The isolation period for waste from new generation reactors will increase to 2.3 million years from one million years before radioactivity approaches that of natural uranium. See http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Impacts-of-dangerous-new-radioactive-waste-unassessed-Greenpeace-report/.
Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses
Four members of the Ipili tribe of Porgera in Papua New Guinea (PNG) travelled to Canada to demand that Barrick Gold address serious human rights abuses and environmental destruction related to Barrick’s Porgera Joint Venture gold mine. Two of the Ipili are landowners and also part-owners of the Porgera Joint Venture mine. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10128. Barrick [...]
Shell, RBS challenged over tarsands
Shell: investor campaigners strike blow on tar sands Shareholders have fired another warning shot across the bows of an oil major with just under 11% of shareholder votes at today’s annual general meeting of oil giant Shell refusing to back management over the controversial Canadian tar sands issue. See http://www.responsible-investor.com/home/article/shell_investor_campaigners/. RBS AGM – the aftermath [...]
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