by mininginjustice | Oct 7, 2009 | Case Studies
Sergio Campusano is the elected President of the Diaguita Huascoaltinos by Megan Kinch Barrick Gold is trying to create ersatz Indians at their Pascua-Lama mine in Chile, in the name of corporate social responsibility. Ironically, this is being done in an attempt to...
by mininginjustice | Oct 1, 2009 | Case Studies, News
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...
by mininginjustice | Sep 26, 2009 | Case Studies
From Al Jazeera English: People & Power speak to native and environmental groups, as well as government and oil industry spokespeople about the impact Alberta’s oil sands development is having on the environment.
by mininginjustice | Sep 26, 2009 | Case Studies
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.
by mininginjustice | Sep 26, 2009 | Case Studies
For centuries the American West has been the realm of cowboys, miners and frontiersman. Since 1872 mining companies have been reaping the benefit of an antiquated law allowing mining companies to purchase land at bargain prices, such as the recent acquisition of an...
by mininginjustice | Sep 26, 2009 | Case Studies, News
Assassination of anti-mining resistance leader, Marcelo Rivera, sparks campaign of terror against activists