Lisa Nandy MP and John McDonnell MP called yesterday for the British Government’s Financial Services Bill to be amended so that companies wishing to list on UK Stock Exchanges would need to report on their …
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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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Vedanta deprived of awards
Vedanta Aluminium’s Indian safety record is tarnished: Now it won’t get two prestigious UK awards
A subsidiary of controversy-dogged UK mining company Vedanta Resources has suffered not just one – but two – serious setbacks …
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Nuclear news
Keswick says No to nuke dump
Following a public outcry, Keswick Town Council voted 9 to 3 to say NO to going any further along in the plan for a nuclear dump. At a previous …
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Coal in Scotland
Another Scottish Coal Lorry Overturns in Clydesdale
This one came off the road at Junction 11 of the M74 spilling its load. Thankfully no one was hurt. This accident follows a constant stream of spillages, …
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Nuclear news
Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators join The Big Six Energy Bash
Kick Nuclear and friends, dressed up as Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators, joined hundreds of environmental and social justice activists at The Big Six …
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Hundreds of climate activists and anti-cuts protesters disrupt UK energy summit
Yesterday hundreds of protesters from climate and anti-cuts groups across the country teamed up to block the UK Energy Summit in the City of London. At least 300 protesters targeted all of the main entrances …
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Residents say no to burning coal under Swansea Bay
Residents from Swansea teamed up with activist group Frack Off to protest against Underground Coal Gasification outside an industry conference in central London.
See http://frack-off.org.uk/residents-say-no-to-burning-coal-under-swansea-bay/.
Exposing the world’s top mineral “thieves”
Over a third of them are London-based
Using data from Bloomberg and Forbes’ long-running global rich list, MINING.com has come up with more than 90 billionaires involved in minerals, metals and mining.
The website points …
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Air pollution prematurely killing 13,000 people a year in Britain, says MIT
Air pollution is prematurely killing 13,000 people a year in Britain compared with fewer than 2,000 deaths a year from road accidents, a major study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has concluded. Of these, …
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What’s the truth about fracking?
Fuel companies say drilling for shale gas is safe, clean and could meet our energy needs for 100 years. So why are people so worried about earthquakes and pollution?
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/17/whats-the-truth-about-fracking.
Protesters grab chance for a dig at mining giants
Protesters say Rio’s record makes a mockery of Lord Coe’s promise of the greenest Games ever
Two of the world’s biggest mining companies endured a barrage of protests last Thursday, as a broad coalition of …
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