Rio outbids Cameco for Hathor Exploration
Rio Tinto is expanding its presence in Canada with an all-cash offer to acquire Hathor Exploration, which owns the Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan. See http://www.mining.com/2011/10/19/rio-outbids-cameco-for-hathor-exploration/.
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Two native bands in British Columbia have accused Rio Tinto-Alcan of diverting water towards a massive aluminium smelter, thus causing a decline in their traditional stocks of fish.
Protesters interrupted the Canada-Europe Energy Round table in London on Tuesday, to expose the UK government’s opposition to European legislation, which would label tar sands oil as highly polluting.
The campaigners stripped down to Union …
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Xstrata to acquire Canadian metallurgical coal deposit
Xstrata Coal has entered into an agreement to acquire the Lossan metallurgical coal deposit in British Columbia, Canada, from Cline Mining for C$40m ($38.45m). The coal deposit is …
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Last week an ‘ecocide trial’ was held in London. The trial tested barrister Polly Higgins’ proposal for a crime of Ecocide – to hold to account directors of companies (rather than the company) who cause …
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The Royal Bank of Scotland, like most banks these days, likes to tout its green credentials. But PR flacks and fancy brochures can’t hide the fact that RBS is investing $7.5 billion into tar sands …
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Effective September 19th, Goldcorp has been removed from the Dow Jones North America Sustainability Index. The announcement comes in the context of ongoing allegations of human rights violations and evidence of environmental contamination in communities …
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UK Tar Sands Network tells us: The last month has seen a burst of action against the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, with 1,252 people arrested during two weeks of sit-ins in front of …
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The largest act of civil disobedience in the history of the U.S. environmental movement is unfolding in Washington, D.C., and Canadian tar sands is the focus. People are being arrested for standing up to Obama, …
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Why a First Nations student from British Columbia is taking on a controversial trans-Canadian pipeline project—through song
http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/what-a-10-year-old-did-for-the-tar-sands?fb_ref=likebutton&fb_source=home_oneline
Civil Disobedience against the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring Alberta Tar Sands “dirty” oil from …
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