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http://www.miningwatch.ca 11-08-2010 22:25:49
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#Guatemala | The population of Asunción Mita, in the Guatemalan department of Jutiapa, strongly rejected the #cerroblanco #mining project, which if continued would also have serious environmental and social consequences for #ElSalvador .
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The Canadian mining company Bluestone Resources, owner of the #CerroBlanco #mining project in #Guatemala , reacted to the results of the neighborhood consultation in Asunción Mita. 'The referendum will not be legally binding,' the company said.
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Está semana en #Cuenca se realiza este evento de trascendental impotencia para la defensa del #agua y los #Páramos . Extendemos las más amplia invitación a toda la ciudadanía.
#Cuenca YaDecidió
#QuimsacochaNoSeToca
Pedro Palacios U. Cristian Zamora M Luca Pallanca ROQUE ORDOÑEZ
PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya and the Human Rights Law Firm at a day of socialization in El Carrizal about the consultation process on the El Tambor gold mine. The mine was first owned by a Canadian company. pbicanada.org/2022/09/19/pbi… #PBIaccompanies
Imagine a regulatory agency charged with nearly half the planet’s substrate that lets industry preempt the official announcement of an EIS review by over a week, and the contents of that review are not revealed to the public. That’s the ISBA-HQ.
#DefendTheDeep
#StopDeepSeaMining
buff.ly/3SiiGtd This is a great video from Paris Marx . #EVs are getting loads of attention, often around the narrative how they are the clean alternative to ICE vehicles. There's some truth to that, but it's not the complete story, nor solution. #gamechangers #emobiliy
Ce soir, au débat électoral sur l'env. de CETEQ, Réseau Environnement, et EnviroCompétences, Virginie Dufour engage le Parti libéral du Québec à arrêter les déversements de résidus miniers dans les cours d'eau du Québec.
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#minesqc MiningWatch Canada
The #CerroBlanco #mining project in #Guatemala would cause wastewater to be dumped into the Ostúa River, an important tributary of Lake Güija, the headwaters of the Lempa River, through which almost 1 million people are supplied with drinking water of people in San Salvador
Yesterday 8,500 community members in #AsunciónMita , Guatemala voted on a proposed mining project by Canadian company, Bluestone Resources. The result? A resounding NO. 87% voted in opposition to the project, which risked contaminating nearby rivers and lakes. #NoALaMineria
« On parle de l’une des plus grandes multinationales de la planète, qui a amplement les moyens de payer, et cette forme de clientélisme là de la part du MTQ, c’est très faible » -- Rodrigue Turgeon MiningWatch Canada
A battery-centred strategy is smart & necessary, but to tackle GHG emissions we need to urgently address demand – and impose strict human rights & env'tal protections on mining. Cdn EV Battery Industry Could Hit $48B/Yr – Clean Energy Canada | @theenergymix theenergymix.com/2022/09/15/can…