Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘mining’

Boosting Coltan Prices Outside of the Congo

Boosting Coltan Prices Outside of the Congo

Coltan, a rare but highly demanded mineral has contributed to mass turmoil in the Congo where extreme human rights violation has spawned due to coltan mining. Additionally, the money from the large sales of African coltan is known to contribute directly to the escalating military and tribal violence in the war-immersed country. Companies across the [...]

Oil Companies and Banks Will Profit From UN Forest Protection Scheme

Oil Companies and Banks Will Profit From UN Forest Protection Scheme

Some of the world’s largest oil, mining, car and gas corporations will make hundreds of millions of dollars from a UN backed forest protection scheme whose initial purpose was to reduce emissions from deforestation carbon by paying poorer countries to preserve their forests. This agreement would allow governments to offset national emissions against forest conservation, [...]

Maria Gunnoe Stands Up Against Mountain Top Removal

Maria Gunnoe Stands Up Against Mountain Top Removal

Maria Gunnoe, a life time resident of West Virginia, won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work as a community organizer with the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition against mountain top removal mining practices in Appalachia. Mountain top removal is the process of first clearing, then blasting roughly 800 feet of rocks and dirt from the [...]

Secretive US Arms Tycoon behind New Uranium Mine in Australia

Secretive US Arms Tycoon behind New Uranium Mine in Australia

A US mining company is threatening the sacred lands of Aboriginal peoples in Australia. In the outback of the Southern Australian Adelaide and Flinders Ranges, the United States weapons and energy producing giant: Quasar Resources is venturing with Alliance Resources to mine over 3.9 million tons of U308, also known as yellowcake or depleted uranium [...]

Investing in Conflict – Goldcorp Mining in the Americas

Investing in Conflict – Goldcorp Mining in the Americas

Student Researcher: Nick Carelli Faculty Instructor: Christina M. Knopf, Ph.D. Evaluator: Trista Lang, Canadian Nurse in Central America & Rights Action member Goldcorp Inc. mining company is demonstrating North American mining industry’s socially and environmentally destructive practices throughout the hemisphere. Goldcorp, one of the world’s largest gold mining companies, is stationed in Vancouver, B.C., with [...]

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