Pacific Rim President's Claim that He Wants to Help El Salvador Leaves Many Unconvinced
A lengthy article featuring Pacific Rim CEO Tom Shrake published on June 19th by the Toronto based Globe and ...
... crops, reduced fish stocks and a high incidence of plant and animal diseases.
Losing access to land leaves the community with severely reduced agricultural income and limited the ability of residents ...
... and similarly low compensation obligations for damage caused by mine waste and tailings. “That leaves all mines prone to ‘externalizing’ environmental costs,” Dulce said. “In other words, polluters will ...
... that site owner OceanaGold needs to post an additional cash bond to restore the property and clean up any pollution that might be left when the company finishes mining the property and leaves South Carolina ...
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Dubón mentions that ADES came to her community to train them in soil improvement. “A technician came and showed us how to make Bokashi compost (an organic compost rich in nutrients) that contains leaves, ...
... of these two fighters Orlando Letelier and Roni Moffit killed by Pinochet with a car bomb in Washington in 1973.
Like the other fallen environmentalists in this fight, Marcelo leaves us a legacy with ...
... green leaves that once covered the Mount Dinkiday were now gray rocks clouded not by misty air but by dust and smoke coming from gigantic trucks transporting gravel and equipment from different quarries. ...
... we can leverage the diversity of our relationships, privileges, power and resources to great effect.
In addition, the case leaves us with two other sets of overarching lessons.
The first relates to campaigning ...
... legislative assembly not to allow that, for the sake of our country. We can see that it is the exploitation of a transnational foreign corporations that ultimately leaves very little to our country but ...
... legislative assembly not to allow that, for the sake of our country. We can see that it is the exploitation of a transnational foreign corporations that ultimately leaves very little to our country but ...
... the mine, scientifically described as “acid mine drainage”.
When the river overflows, the fields get flooded with this poison, which leaves behind the heavy metals, Lead and Cadmium – this was recently ...
... Against Mining on the possible effects and damage of this type of industry that only leaves behind destruction and threats to life, for the whole country" he said.
Yanira Cortez, Deputy Attorney for ...
... authors of these crimes, that the government implements a law to prohibit metallic mining, and that OceanaGold leaves our territory” he continued.
Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold acquired ...
... activity provides enormous benefits to large foreign corporations while it undermines the states’ ability to implement policies based on public interest and leaves a trail of environmental destruction ...
... impacts of acid mine drainage in the rust-colored water of the San Sebastian river. We heard from local residents that instead of generating wealth for communities, large-scale mining leaves behind poverty ...
Guatemalan Mine Threatens the Lempa River
The Lempa River is the main source of surface water in El Salvador and provides drinking water for over 60% of the entire population, including the city of San ...
... the gold from other elements. “Even though the mercury leaves the gold white, once it is put in the oven it takes on a lovely color because it is pure 24 karat gold,” said the worker.
He also stated ...