Under ruggedly beautiful mountains close to Peru’s border with Ecuador lie billions of dollars worth of copper owned by British-based firm Monterrico Metals. In August 2005, hundreds of Peruvian subsistence farmers and their families …
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Canada poses as “Friendly, Green Oil Giant” to win over UK universities
Joe Oliver, Canada’s Natural Resources Minister, met with staunch opposition at the London School of Economics (LSE) on 20 October whilst promoting Canada as the next ‘Global Energy Superpower’.
Protesters presented an alternative perspective to …
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Nuclear news
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/.
Ranger mine …
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“Oil Orgy” invades Energy Summit
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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UK Government challenged to declare a moratorium on ‘fracking’
The Green Party in England and Wales has used its autumn conference in Sheffield to call for an immediate moratorium on fracking. ‘Fracking’ is the controversial process of extracting shale gas, or coal bed methane, …
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UN tells UK: ensure your mining companies respect human rights
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has now added the UK to the list of countries, about which concerns have been raised following reports of “adverse effects of operations by …
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Need for cleaner tech for coal power
Bangladesh needs to adopt cleaner technology to harness power from coal so as not to aggravate the climate change situation in the country, according to a visiting UK official. Speaking in an interview with few …
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UK groups call on UN to call UK Government to book over corporate racism
Submissions to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 79th Session with regard to the United Kingdom’s responsibility to ensure respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples overseas in …
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CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.
See http://www.cafod.org.uk/news/international-news/no-to-legal-aid-bill-2011-07-21.
UK Parliamentary Question on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
(Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 20 July 2011, c1057W))
William Bain (Glasgow North East, Labour): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his counterpart in …
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Danger: UK Legal Aid Bill could stop people overseas suing British mining companies
Lisa Nandy MP spoke in a debate in the British House of Commons on 29 June pointing out the effects on communities overseas seeking justice from British multinationals. Read her contribution to the debate.
Legal …
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