Loose Anti Opencast Network (LAON) press release, 15 March 2013
Big question marks now hang over the British Coal Industry and whether it will be able to play out the role prescribed for it in …
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Call for a more open consultation on new coal strategy for UK
British MPs sign motion slamming London-listed mining companies in Colombia
Early Day Motion 649
British Registered mining companies at El Cerrejon in Colombia
“That this House notes that the Cerrejon coal mine continues to have negative impacts on communities in the Colombian department of La …
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UK Parliament asked to toughen rules on opencast mine location
THE LOOSE ANTI OPEN-CAST NETWORK
HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMITTEE ASKED TO TOUGHEN RULES GOVERNING WHERE NEW OPENCAST MINES CAN BE LOCATED – NOT WEAKEN THEM.
LAON PR2012 -10 18/10/12
Yesterday, the Communities and Local Government …
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Government must take action to curb UK corporate abuse overseas
Media release from the CORE Coalition
Parliamentarians and NGOs have welcomed a report by a committee of MPs urging the Government to do more to address human rights abuses resulting from the overseas activities of …
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Greenwash Gold Early Day Motion 221
John McDonnell MP and others have signed a new Early Day Motion (EDM) in support of the Greenwash Gold Campaign.
An EDM is like a petition by Members of Parliament, testing the strength of opinion …
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Secret mining in the Congo: Integrity of the UK aid programme & the IMF at stake
Press statement from the office of Pauline Latham OBE MP, Member of the International Development Select Committee, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Extractive Industries
23/05/2012
Secret mining in the Congo: …
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UK Parliamentary motion supports Greenwash Gold campaign
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 2951:
Greenwash Gold 2012
‘That this House welcomes the launch by Bhopal Medical Appeal, London Mining Network and UK Tar …
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UK Parliamentary motion challenges Olympic sponsors
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to sign Early day motion 2969:
ETHICAL TRADING STANDARDS AND THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
“That this House is concerned about press reports that UK Olympians …
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Gold miners call British firm to account
Anglo American is being taken to court for not protecting its workers in South Africa from dangerous dust.
More than a thousand former miners from South Africa are bringing a case against Anglo American through …
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