Sisson mine: What is acceptable risk?
While the possibility of a disastrous tailing dam failure at the proposed Sisson Mine presents a serious environmental and economic ...
Tag: mining
Maine residents oppose relaxing of environmental rules for J.D. Irving’s mine
Augusta – J.D. Irving, Ltd is facing more public opposition to its attempts to change environmental regulations, this time in ...
Mine tailings breach in BC felt in NB
A scale comparison of the Mount Polley mine in BC (which failed on August 5, 2014) ...
Guatemalan government moves to expel witnesses to police violence at US-Canadian mine site
Last week, Guatemalan authorities informed two Peace Brigades International (PBI) volunteers that their temporary residence permits were cancelled and that ...
Public memorial held in Toronto after assassination of teenage activist resisting Goldcorp/Tahoe Resources mine in Guatemala
Toronto - On May 1st, as Goldcorp announced the year’s profits at their annual shareholder meeting in Vancouver, more somber ...
International solidarity with victims of Hudbay Minerals-CGN as criminal trial against former head of security is delayed
Angelica Choc, the widow of Adolfo Ich, issued a call for unity: “Let all of us ...
500 youth gather in Halifax to build a climate justice movement
K'jipuktuk/Halifax - About 500 youth interested in climate justice from across unceded Wabanaki territory of Atlantic Canada and beyond gathered ...
Tale of indigenous-led resistance in Guatemala provides lessons for anti-fracking struggle at home
Resistance to industrial encroachment in Guatemala. Author Stephen Law sees similarities in the anti-fracking resistance in ...
Angelica Choc’s fight is our fight too: Mayan widow suing mining company in Canada stands with Wabanaki shale gas resisters
Fredericton - "I am a revolutionary," Angelica Choc, a Maya Q'eqchi' grandmother from Guatemala, declared to students, professors, anti-shale gas ...
Guatemalan woman suing Canadian mining company to speak in Fredericton
Fredericton - Angelica Choc, a Maya Q'eqchi' woman from Guatemala, will be in Fredericton on Nov. 1st, sharing a horrific ...
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