Elusive Justice

From the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism BY KAROL ANNE M. ILAGAN WHEN THE Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC) received notice in 2007 that the case filed by the province of Marinduque against Placer Dome Inc. and Barrick Gold in the...

Mining Re-Sisters from Guatemala

Guatemalan Re-Sisters in San Miguel Ixtahuacan testify about the impact of mining on their crops, water sources and health. They also talk about the company’s broken promises. Produced by Friends of the Earth International Gregoria Crisanta Perez explains why...

Toxic Tar Sands Impacts in the Great Lakes Region

September 3, 2009, OTTAWA – The tar sands are creating severe environmental, economic and social problems in the Ontario – Michigan Great Lakes Region according to a new Polaris Institute report. The report, “Toxic Trail Exposure,” is the result of an Ontario...

Hot Docs 2009 Trailers: H2OIL

Alberta’s oil sands now make Canada America’s major oil supplier, but the billion-dollar industry extracts a terrible price: some of the cleanest water on earth is used to make the dirtiest oil in the world, with catastrophic results.