Dear friends,
Politics are becoming increasingly toxic and the climate is deteriorating, but we continue to resist the dominant industrial model and seek out alternatives.
The following open letter to President Javier Milei was signed by 39 organizations, including MiningWatch Canada. Argentinian organizations and mining affected communities denounce President’s Milei for trying to pass a presidential decree that would modify the National Glacier protection law in order to allow more industrial mining in highly sensitive ecosystems such as glaciers and periglacial zones - which would heavily benefit Canadian companies, and threaten many communities' drinking water.
Energy Mix Staff, The Energy Mix.
Environmental assessment specialists, nature protection advocates, Indigenous leaders, and other climate and energy analysts are aghast at the scope and potential impacts of the legislation introduce Friday by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government that would grant it new powers to quickly push forward major projects the federal cabinet deems to be in the national interest.
By J. Arroyo Olea - Resumen.cl
The Supreme Court of Chile overturned a ruling in favor of the Canadian mining company Aclara, marking a legal setback for the company after the local Concepción Court of Appeals had ruled in its favour in a case against environmental defenders in Penco who criticized its rare earth project.
The following blog was written by Viviana Herrera of MiningWatch Canada and Paulina Personius of Earthworks.
Today 101 organizations are calling on First Quantum Minerals to close its Cobre Panama mine, drop the international arbitration against Panama, and implement environmental remediation at the mine site.
Historic opposition wins protections
Lac-des-Plages, June 3, 2025 - In 2024, the Alliance des municipalités Petite-Nation Nord (Alliance) launched a major participatory initiative: three large public meetings were held to ensure that the population was aware of the mining project, its location, and its advantages and disadvantages. Nearly 1,000 citizens participated! The Alliance listened to them and today announces that it is fulfilling its promises.
Good morning and greetings from the Carrizalillo encampment with updates about the latest developments in the "Los Filos" project, which, since March 31, 2025, is indefinitely suspended. This category does not exist in our regulatory framework unless the suspension is temporary and it can be proven that it is due to force majeure. As far as we understand, not paying rent for the land is not at all a cause for force majeure.