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1. Communities Call on Local Representatives to Approve Anti-Mining Regulation
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...
Created on 10 February 2017
2. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... concerns in the name of economic growth. A new airport and train line meant to bring international commerce to the eastern half of the country circumvented some preliminary environmental regulations and ...
Created on 03 April 2023
3. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate
(Cerro Blanco)
... government promote regulations that guarantee mining-free borders with a shared basin approach and give priority to the negotiation of a Treaty of transboundary waters. We alert the international community ...
Created on 21 September 2022
4. PRESS RELESE: Environmental Organizations Dennounce Privatization of Water in El Salvador
(Media Releases)
... example of these systems. Consequently, by not incorporating a regulation for water supply as priority for domestic use in the article 63, the law would generate a conflict between the supply for the general ...
Created on 23 December 2021
5. El Salvador: Metallic Mining Threatens Again
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... regulations, instructions, resolutions, standards, agreements and other general provisions […] will remain in force […] while they are not expressly repealed or modified”. This ambiguity clearly opens ...
Created on 14 December 2021
6. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
CLICK THE PHOTO TO DOWNLOAD REPORT IN SPANISHOn the fourth anniversary of the historic ban on metal mining in El Salvador, the National Roundtable Against metallic mining of El Salvador released a report ...
Created on 29 June 2021
7. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People
(Mining and Human Rights)
... against, even though two other mines were suspended on similar grounds. The reality is that local communities are the ones whose rights have been trampled. KCA did not fulfil environmental regulations ...
Created on 07 June 2021
8. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... with the most mining-related deaths among environmental defenders. Executive Order 130 cites new fiscal regulations and environmental safeguards but Kalikasan PNE said the regulatory framework "remains ...
Created on 27 May 2021
9. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) held consultative meetings for the implementing rules and regulations of Executive Order (EO) No. 130, which lifts the mining ban imposed during the ...
Created on 24 May 2021
10. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities
(Mining and Human Rights)
... has listing and disclosure requirements that are pretty lax.” Canada is a playground of deregulation for mining companies headquartered here. As both Lang and Asuncion asserted, corporate social responsibility ...
Created on 12 May 2021
11. Philippines' Duterte lifts ban on new mining deals
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... regulations were now in place to boost environmental safeguards. But Greenpeace country director Lea Guerrero said the lifting of the moratorium was "outrageous". "Mining and extractive activities in ...
Created on 05 May 2021
12. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes
(General mining reports )
... regulations for industry. Transnational mining in Espinar - Structural problems and the presence of Glencore Just as transnational mining didn’t go into quarantine, neither did the conflicts inherent ...
Created on 22 April 2021
13. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... existing laws, rules, and regulations,” the executive order stated. As the government anticipates a boon, anti-mining and human rights groups say lifting the moratorium on new mines will be anything ...
Created on 15 April 2021
14. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue
(OceanaGold)
... the mine's environmental performance amid questions regarding the company's commitment to environmental regulations OceanaGold remains steady at $2.24 per share OceanaGold (OGC) has been fined US$100,000 ...
Created on 15 February 2021
15. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town
(OceanaGold)
... when any industry doesn’t operate in compliance with our state regulations that exist for protecting human health and the environment,’’ spokeswoman Laura Renwick said in an email Thursday. With the ...
Created on 12 February 2021
16. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...
Created on 05 January 2021
17. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources
(Mining and Human Rights)
... company that respects human and environmental rights, and complies with all laws, regulations and operating standards … we have generated development, economic impulse, help with social works for communities ...
Created on 07 October 2020
18. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.
(Mining and Human Rights)
... also complies with the highest national and international regulations in each process, required by the authorities to operate in Honduras.” The company spokesperson said Pinares “is characterized by ...
Created on 25 September 2020
19. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands
(Regional News)
... recognized as a human right in El Salvador, and the country is at risk of drought. Although lack of water regulation and climate change are two of the reasons for El Salvador's overall water deficit, in ...
Created on 11 September 2020
20. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River
(Regional News)
... affected communities before issuing licenses, resulting in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards. The state employed its legal and repressive institutions, such as the ...
Created on 20 August 2020
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