Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards: the movie

Jul 25, 2012 | News

The Greenwash Gold 2012 Awards were presented in Trafalgar Square, London, on 20 July – and all three contenders won Gold!
Click on the image to watch and enjoy the seven-minute video.

Rio Tinto voted worst company linked to Olympics

Jul 24, 2012 | News

IndustriALL Global Union joined thousands of activists around the world to vote for Rio Tinto as the worst company linked to the London Olympics in the Greenwash awards, as the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) awarded certification to Rio Tinto on 13 July,...

Vedanta accused of further serious violations in India

Jul 24, 2012 | News

Not once, not twice, but three times in a week! On 17th July 2012, the leading Oriya language news daily, Samaja, reported that the company had illegally dumped fly (coal) ash and excavated soil onto forest land at its Jharsaguda aluminium smelting complex in Orissa....

A Lizard seeks revenge on BHP Billiton

Jul 24, 2012 | News

BHP Billiton’s gigantic Olympic Dam copper-uranium mine in South Australia has long been a focus of strident protests. Legal action has been taken by local Arabunna elder, ‘Uncle’ Kevin Buzzacott, to halt expansion of the mine, which the company aims...

Peru brokers deal on Anglo American copper mine

Jul 24, 2012 | News

Peru has brokered a deal between the regional government of Moquegua and Anglo American to allow the global firm to build its $3 billion Quellaveco copper mine. Anglo American will make voluntary payments to communities near the mine of some $370 million during the...

Peruvian Government criminalizes protests against mining

Jul 24, 2012 | News

Ollanta Humala was sworn in as Peru’s president on July 28, 2011, promising to foment dialogue to resolve the social conflicts prevalent throughout the country. In his inaugural speech, he said that “the excessive increase of conflicts, many of them absurdly violent,...

Xstrata still in trouble in the Philippines

Jul 24, 2012 | News

At last, after all the waiting, the Executive Order (EO) on mining has been released by the Office of the President in the Philippines. As predicted, the Order has been greeted with cries of protest, mostly from environmental and peoples’ organisations. The...