The Industrial Revolution, which made Britain the powerhouse of the world in the 19th Century, may have been consigned to the history books but it has left a legacy of environmental problems. Experts warn it continues to pollute drinking water, poison rivers and...
Does Rio mark an End to the “Sustainability” Road? One leading Indian environmentalist, greeting the final declaration of the Earth Summit, asked why it had been “about the future we do not want?” Of particular concern to many civil society...
Sponsorship protests escalate as Dow & BP targeted in the same day The organisers of the campaign to name and shame the worst Olympic sponsor have announced preliminary voting results that show mining company Rio Tinto in the lead with BP in second place and Dow...
United Steelworkers (USW) members demonstrated last week at the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) offices to convince Canada’s Olympic organizers to help get mining giant Rio Tinto “Off the Podium.” USW activists delivered the message in person to COC officials on June...
Calls on Rio Tinto to End Illegal Lock-out and Respect Workers’ Rights Earthworks, a US-based energy and mining reform organization that leads the No Dirty Gold campaign, announced today its support for the United Steelworkers’ campaign to seek justice for 780 workers...
The mining company contracted to provide metal for the London 2012 Olympic medals is facing a lawsuit in Utah accused of violating the country’s clean air laws. Reported by Al Jazeera, the findings undermine the London Olympic Organising Committee’s...
London will soon play host to the 2012 Olympics, which organisers boast will be the most environmentally friendly Games ever. But with the metal for all competitor medals coming from one huge polluting hole in the ground in Utah, could London’s 2012 legacy be...
Steelworkers Outraged by Lack of Ethics in London Olympics LONDON, U.K., 20 June, 2012 – International outrage is growing over Rio Tinto’s involvement in the London Olympics following the shocking revelation the mining giant has been allowed to “slip through” auditing...
2012 medals mine linked to premature deaths in Utah London Mining Network, an extractive industry watchdog, has reacted angrily to news that mining giant has been allowed to supply metals for the Olympics without having an agreed audit in place. Speaking in an...
The gold, silver and bronze metal in the London 2012 Olympic Games medals was mined after London Olympic Games organisers allowed its supplier Rio Tinto “to slip through the net”, an Olympic watchdog has found. See...
This year’s medals, the largest and heaviest in Olympic history, will be made almost entirely from the raw materials extracted and smelted at the Kennecott Copper Mine, owned by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. But now this mine is also at the centre of...
Vote to Condemn Rio Tinto as Olympics Medals Provider Affiliates of the ICEM, IMF, and ITGLWF are uniting in action around the world in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) campaign to push Rio Tinto “Off the Podium”. Scores of affiliates are writing to and taking...
