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A digest of news provided with the help of Atlantis Green Letters and No Nukes News Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima Internal emails seen by Guardian show PR campaign was launched to protect UK nuclear plans after tsunami in Japan British...
Slide show on nuclear power and uranium mining
London Mining Network believes that the use of uranium produces a radioactive legacy which threatens the wellbeing of thousands of generations to come. Concern about climate change has led some commentators to support nuclear energy as a lower-carbon alternative to...
Draft declaration on coal mining
London Mining Network, in consultation with JATAM (the Indonesian mining advocacy network) has developed the following Draft Declaration on Coal Mining. Many organisations have rightly drawn attention to coal's contribution to destructive climate change. This...
Please get your MP to sign EDM 2076 on AngloGold Ashanti in Colombia
LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign is very concerned about the possibility of the largest open cast gold mine in South America being built at Cajamarca in Colombia. If you live in the UK, please email your MP about La Colosa gold mine and ask him or her to...
Phulbari Coal Mine, Bangladesh: Take Action Now
Write a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or email her today. In the Phulbari area of Northwest Bangladesh, communities have come together to raise their voices against the proposed Phulbari Coal Project--which threatens to turn this fertile agricultural region...
Shining a light on Europe’s role in the Tar Sands
UK Tar Sands Network and friends have been in Brussels for the Canada-EU trade talks. The tar sands may be being extracted in Canada, but the debate over the industry’s future is raging in Europe this week. On Monday 11th July, the next round of Canada-EU trade...
Six deaths in three years overshadows BHP profits
BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers is poised to report a stunning 75 per cent increase in net profit to an estimated $US21.9 billion, but the sixth death in three years in the Pilbara casts a pall on the achievement. It is not surprising that the majority of fatalities...
India's Ministry Says No Green Nod For Vedanta's Bauxite Mine Project
Vedanta Resources PLC's bauxite mining project in eastern India hasn't received environmental clearance, the Indian government has said. Reacting to a Times of India report that an environment panel had reviewed and cleared the project in Orissa state's remote...
Goa's battle against mining reaches London
Concerned about the plunder of resources caused by rampant mining in Goa, non-resident Goans (NRGs) in London have come together in a bid to end the pillage. The 'Save Goa Campaign UK' has been started by Carmen Miranda, a former director of the Panos Institute. She...
Pollution from Vedanta's Lanjigarh smelter leads to complaint
Andhra Pradesh government to approach Indian government over pollution due to Vedanta plant Andhra Pradesh government has decided to approach the Centre with regard to the pollution of river Vamsadhara in Srikakulam district due to effluents from Vedanta aluminium...