URGENT ACTION: Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala

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Speaking out against the Escobal mine has always been dangerous, but we are in the midst of a spike in violence. Six members of the peaceful resistance movement recently suffered attacks and death threats.

How to Fix Mining for the Green Energy Explosion

Are the mining industry’s human and environmental harms “just the price of transitioning away from fossil fuels”? According to a new report, no.

by Gavin MacRae, February 22, 2021

From Argentina to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada to Papua New Guinea, sky-high demand for metals and minerals integral to a renewable energy revolution will cause environmental and social collateral damage – without reforms to mining and society, that is.

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Watershed Sentinel

Environmental Groups In Court To Defend Federal Environmental Law from Attack by Government of Alberta

(Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [Ottawa, Ontario]) This week, the Government of Alberta is challenging the new federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) in the provincial Court of Appeal.

MiningWatch Canada, Nature Canada, and Environmental Defence Canada - represented by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and West Coast Environmental Law - are intervening in the hearings to defend environmental protections. CELA is also representing itself.

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MiningWatch Canada – Nature Canada – Environmental Defence Canada

The Atikamekw of Manawan Firmly Denounce the Government Decree Granted to Nouveau Monde Graphite for an Open Pit Mine in Ancestral Territory 

(Manawan) The Atikamekw Council of Manawan strongly denounces the granting of government approval given to Nouveau Monde Graphite for an open pit mine, as the project still has no social acceptability within the community. The announcement of the granting of the approval is a step backwards in reconciliation. 

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Conseil des Atikamekw de Manawan (CDAM)

Overwhelming Vote in Southern Ecuador Sends Strong Message to Mining Companies

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  • On February 7th, over 80% of the population of the southern Ecuador canton of Cuenca voted “no” to industrial mining in the watersheds of 5 rivers surrounding the city of Cuenca.
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Sinking Seabed Mining: Papua New Guinean, Australian and New Zealand civil society welcome ban on seabed mining in Northern Territory

With the destructive threat of seabed mining opening up in the South Pacific, the Government of the Northern Territory, Australia have made a stand in permanently banning seabed mining[1] to protect Top End coastal ecosystems and regional economies. 
 

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Alliance of Solwara Warriors – Deep Sea Mining Campaign – Kiwis Against Seabed Mining

Quebec Authorizes the Largest Graphite Mine on the Continent, Adjoining Mont-Tremblant National Park

(Montreal/Saint-Michel-des-Saints) A coalition of elected officials, citizens and organizations united under the banner of the Better Mining coalition ("Pour que le Québec ait meilleure mine!") denounces Quebec’s decision to authorize a mega open-pit mine in a tourist area, adjoining Mont-Tremblant National Park and Lac Taureau Regional Park. They are reacting to the authorization decree for the Nouveau Monde Graphite mine published this morning by Quebec.

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Coalition Québec meilleure mine

Complaint Submitted to the IACHR Regarding Mining Zoning Bill Violating Indigenous Rights

(Gan Gan, Argentina) The Regional Southern Coordinator of the National Aboriginal Pastoral Team (ENDEPA) reports that a complaint was submitted to the Inter American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the Argentinian government and the Province of Chubut’s failure to comply with international human rights treaties. This comes following the decision to submit a provincial bill regarding mining zoning which violates the right to consultation and participation of Original Peoples. 

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Coordinación Regional Sur Equipo Nacional de Pastoral Aborigen (ENDEPA)
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