Internationally Recognized Principles Needed for the Protection of Eagle Rock: Six Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - paper prepared by Jessica Koski: http://newwarriorsforearth.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/indigenousrightseaglerock2.pdf
Residents concerned about water quality …
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Guatemala’s highest court has made a precedent-setting decision in favor of a small Maya Q’eqchi’ indigenous community of Agua Caliente in Izabal province, by recognising their right to land that is occupied by Canada’s HudBay …
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Activists came to London from Indonesia, California, Michigan and Utah for the Rio Tinto AGM on 14 April. Watch this fifteen minute video to find out about their complaints against the company, why they wanted …
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Nostromo Research
14 April 2011
LONDON -Chalid Muhammad, one of Indonesia’s leading Green activists, attended the Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Rio Tito mining corporation, held in London today (April 14 2011).
Chalid had flown …
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Rio Tinto’s AGM took place in London at 11am on Thursday 14 April. Protests outside were led by Utah Moms for Clean Air and supported by London Mining Network. For more information, click on headline.
The Save Palawan Movement has launched a “No to Mining in Palawan” signature campaign in the hope of putting an end to mining activities in Palawan, known as the Philippines’ Last Ecological Frontier. The campaign …
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Rio Tinto continues to come under fire for its Kennecott subsidiary’s Eagle Mine operations in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Some local coverage on Rio Tinto’s not-so-surprising decision to continue pursuing its wilderness 595/Woodland road …
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A report has been produced based on research by Norway’s international environmental foundation, Bellona, aimed at addressing the negative impacts on environment and public health caused by plants operated by Russia’s Norilsk Nickel Mining and …
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Diversified miner Sherritt International Corp said it would take a majority stake in the Sulawesi nickel project in Indonesia. The Toronto-based company said it would acquire a 57.5 percent equity stake in the holding company …
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“Something is sickening the people of Tiara and their crops”. That’s what the Mines and Communities website reported more than five years ago.
In 2008, a study showed that Anglo American‘s Lomas de Nickel …
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Rio Tinto, through its subsidiary Kennecott Minerals, continues to dodge requirements of Michigan’s Part 632 Mining Law, with the help of the Marquette County Road Commission (MCRC), the Marquette County and City Commissions, and local …
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Rio Tinto, accused of using bad science by detractors of its Eagle Mine project, is at it again. This time, the company is using two professors at Northern Michigan University, in Marquette, to do its …
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