Tension continues in Caimanes, Chile, as local people continue protests to try to ensure that Minera Los Pelambres, owned by London-listed Antofagasta plc, complies with a court ruling last October ordering it to restore the natural flow of water in the Pupio valley....
By Richard Solly, Co-ordinator, London Mining Network. Photo from Huck News Yesterday’s Global Divestment Day activities in London were delightful! Hundreds of us gathered outside London’s City Hall to call on Mayor Boris Johnson and the Greater London...
Pius Ginting (middle), a community and environmental campaigner from Indonesia, stayed with the Jesuit Clapham Community and took part in the Dirty Coal Tour organised by the London Mining Network. Photo: Green Jesuit By Henry Longbottom, SJ, a member of...
African women say ‘NO’ to Coal! WoMin Press release, 24 January 2015 Coal kills people, Coal destroys health and community well-being, Coal devastates land, water and eco-systems and Coal is destroying our planet. These are the conclusions of more than fifty women...
Photo: Alvaro Badillo RESIDENTS OF LOS CAIMANES, CHILE, REACH 40 DAYS OF MOBILIZATION TO DEMAND THAT MINING MULTINATIONAL ANTOFAGASTA MINERALS COMPLY WITH CHILEAN LAW Eye witness account from Caimanes, Chile, by Elif Karakartal; translation by Ali Sargent. On October...
Continued use of coal is ecologically unsustainable – but it also looks as though it is economically unsustainable as well. Pressures on coal show no signs of ending Arguably, most of the world’s coal assets are already stranded — doomed by the new global...
