UK Tar Sands Network comments on the Canadian government’s attack on tar sands opponents as ‘enemies of the state’. See http://www.no-tar-sands.org/2012/01/calling-all-foreign-radicals/.
Lawyers acting on behalf of British anti-nuclear campaigners have submitted a complaint about atomic subsidies to the European Commission which, if upheld, could prevent the building of new nuclear reactors in the EU. “Nuclear power is heavily subsidised, and even on...
Glencore is facing legal action over pollution caused by its vast and lucrative copper operations in Zambia. Glencore’s Mopani Copper Mines subsidiary has been a thorn in the firm’s side since its £6billion float in May last year, throwing up allegations...
New analysis from Carbon Tracker shows how the growing number of coal mining companies listing in London exposes the financial market to a significant systemic risk. Investors tracking the FTSE AllShare Index are facing increasing efforts across the world to regulate...
The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival opened in India on 20 January 2012, and concludes today. Billed as “the largest literary festival in the Asia-Pacific” it had already provoked heated debate before it got underway – the Festival is sponsored by two...
The vast Grasberg copper-gold mine in Indonesian-occupied West Papua is a continuing source of tension between the Indonesian government and those campaigning for West papuan independence. London-based Rio Tinto helped to finance the mine’s expansion and...
