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1. Setting the Record Straight: Debunking Ten Common Defenses of Controversial Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (ISDS); Public Citizen In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...; Created on 30 April 2016
2. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the harmful mining of metals,” said 20 local environmental and public health groups in a statement last month. Bukele has a track record of launching controversial projects that ignore environmental ...; Created on 03 April 2023
3. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in El Salvador, is to demobilize potential grassroots opposition to the government's plans." Given Bukele and Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado's track records as well as the state of exception that ...; Created on 20 January 2023
4. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); ... who promises to redistribute wealth, took a slight advantage over Keiko Fujimori (Fuerza Popular). Peru is a country with 32 million inhabitants. The Peruvian currency fell back to a record low, weakening ...; Created on 08 June 2021
5. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... 130 to Pres. Duterte’s so-called “record of environmental destruction and sell out of national patrimony.” For Hicap, the order showed the “complete turnaround” in the president’s former stance against ...; Created on 24 May 2021
6. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); SPRING Samantha Ponting “I was born and lived more than half my life in Lepanto, the location of the Lepanto Consolidated mine,” said Chandu Claver, an Indigenous land defender, in a recorded presentation ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... tribunals with flawed structures and track records. For consumers, it would mean taking a closer look at the supply chains of the products we use, considering not only companies’ environmental footprints ...; Created on 23 April 2021
8. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... nearly $128,000 for breaking laws to protect the air and water since mining began in 2017, state records show. “We have two creeks that are on our property that are unfortunately downstream from the ...; Created on 02 April 2021
9. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... late 2020 at the site between Columbia and Charlotte, state and federal records show. The 2020 wastewater discharge violations, disclosed this week by the Department of Health and Environmental Control, ...; Created on 30 March 2021
10. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... a list of possible suspects this week. A no-drink notice was issued for Waikouaiti, Hawksbury and Karitane on February 2 after it was revealed high lead levels had been recorded in the water supply. When ...; Created on 13 March 2021
11. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear: (Mining and Human Rights); ... commission retracted its request. “Although many details are blacked out, these records paint a damning picture,” says Emily Dwyer, Coordinator of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability. “Canadian ...; Created on 02 March 2021
12. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the applicant’s criminal record, and the ability to pay applicable taxes and fees. These include an annual Resident fee of $260 for Honduran citizens and $1,300 for foreigners, an annual e-Gov license ...; Created on 15 February 2021
13. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... unsafe to eat more than small amounts. The mercury pollution likely came from coal-burning power plants. The pollution fell into the water and was slowly taken in by fish, experts have said. Records ...; Created on 12 February 2021
14. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); JDSUPRA With a total of 54 cases filed, 2020 was a record year for cases filed under the ICSID Convention, and with a total of 72 treaty-based cases, an important year in general for Investor-State Arbitration. ...; Created on 21 January 2021
15. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); Jen Moore | Canadian Dimension As gold prices soar to record levels, the Los Filos gold mine in Mexico, one of the country’s largest, has sat idle since early September after its owner, Vancouver-based ...; Created on 28 November 2020
16. The hidden connection between a US steel company and the controversial Los Pinares mine in Honduras: (Regional News); ... planned mine in the Carlos Escaleras National Park, in the northern part of this Central American nation. The conflict has left a wake of people dead, injured and imprisoned. According to public records ...; Created on 28 November 2020
17. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... construction began even as communities filed legal complaints, held protests and pleaded with officials to protect the rivers, records show. The Guapinol anti-mining protest camp. Photograph: Courtesy ...; Created on 07 October 2020
18. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... social leaders, indigenous and farming communities who vulnerability has increased due to the record number of threats by armed groups in the midst of the COVID 19 health crisis. "The COVID-19 pandemic ...; Created on 31 July 2020
19. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... recorded during the two previous administrations. Trapped in extreme poverty by the ‘resource curse’ of imperialism, and rendered vulnerable to contagion and catastrophe, the Philippines was just waiting ...; Created on 25 July 2020
20. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... is trying to cover up its dirty track record and soften up local opposition. In 2019, an open council meeting in Tocoa passed a resolution opposing mining. While the company trumpets its handouts, it has ...; Created on 23 July 2020

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