Following the murder of Xinka human and environmental rights defender, Noé Gómez Barrera, more than a hundred organizations - including MiningWatch Canada - issued the following letter:
Activists and community members demand accountability and justice
Guatemalans are entering a fifth week of a national strike, with hundreds of thousands across the country taking to the streets in an effort to uphold the most basic tenets of democracy.
(Winneway Aki) In the same spirit as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, celebrated yearly on September 30th, which is a national day to bring forward truth(s) regarding historical harms and past events in a way that brings reconciliation, LPFN raised its flag at the LaRONDE Complexe, Lac Preissac.
Only days after the Province of B.C. issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Cariboo Gold Project, Wells residents are experiencing persistent and widespread industrial noise from a newly-activated mine portal ventilation system on a mountain overlooking the town. The whining sound is audible in every corner of Wells, causing aggravation to many residents, and worry about what’s to come.
Brief prepared for the country visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo.
Since 1999, MiningWatch has provided technical expertise and advocacy support to hundreds of communities across the globe as they assert their rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in the face of imminent and past harm by industrial mining.
Yellow Giant mine released excess waste water into wetland and waterways on Gitxaała territory in 2015
Kate Partridge · CBC News
The former executive of a now-bankrupt mining company has been fined nearly $30,000 for environmental violations dating back to 2015 — an amount that has led to competing appeals from both sides.
MiningWatch Canada joins a host of international solidarity and human rights organizations in expressing deep concern over recent attacks against democracy in Guatemala. While the current Attorney General seeks to delegitimize election results and prevent the peaceful transfer of power, thousands of Guatemalans are participating in a national strike and taking to the streets in a powerful defense of democracy. Read more below and stay tuned for further updates.
Toronto – The federal government must immediately take steps to introduce amendments to the Impact Assessment Act in order to avoid a critical vacuum in environmental assessment of key projects in Canada, stated Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Environmental Defence Canada (EDC), and MiningWatch Canada.
