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2016-11-14 India: Anti-Mining Mafia crusader is shot dead
2012-02-14 Tibet's holy Mt Kawagebo protected from mining
2011-08-08 Indonesians demand "Climate Justice"
2009-09-22 Media menaced by companies and governments - report
2007-11-16 China update: coal
2007-11-14 Gold mining contributes to mercury pollution
2007-11-11 North America's toxic mine burden galvanises groups into action
2007-11-01 Sierre Leone to review mining contracts
2007-10-30 US Mercury Export Ban
2007-10-23 Canada update
2007-10-22 South Africa: Battle for the Wild Coast hots up
2007-10-09 Latin America update
2007-09-21 US update
2007-09-06 US update
2007-09-06 Climate Change, Nuclear Power Central to APEC Meeting
2007-09-06 US update
2007-08-31 Steel industry prepares strategies vs. energy bill
2007-08-30 Offsets Aren't Enough
2007-07-23 Pension fund stake in Barrick Gold spurs controversy
2007-07-23 Pension fund stake in Barrick Gold spurs controversy
2007-07-18 Is HIV a time bomb under the mining industry?
2007-07-18 Is HIV a time bomb under the mining industry?
2007-07-18 Syphilis emergency in Madagascar
2007-07-18 Syphilis prompts HIV fears in Malagasy mining town
2007-07-11 Is HIV a time bomb under the mining industry?
2007-07-03 GVMC refuses water to Jindal alumina refinery
2007-07-03 South Asia update
2007-07-03 South Asia update
2007-07-01 Mercury exposure: panel to probe health condition of former factory workers
2007-06-29 Opposition to bauxite mining mounts
2007-06-29 Canada update
2007-06-28 Bauxite mining threat to health'
2007-06-15 China update
2007-06-14 Impoverished Chilmari found mineral rich
2007-06-14 Bangladesh update
2007-06-14 Bangladesh update
2007-06-13 China: A Thousand Children Sold To ‘dark Kilns’ In
2007-06-12 Ispat Group to invest $3bn in Bangladesh
2007-06-12 Tatas Cool to Mittal's Bangla deal
2007-06-11 Tibet update
2007-06-11 Tibetans riot over exploitation of sacred mountain
2007-06-11 Tibet update
2007-06-09 Chinese Delegation Walks Out Of Human Rights Dialogue Meeting With The European Union
2007-06-08 A survey intended to guage opinions on who's mainly responsible for global warming suggests that Chi
2007-06-08 US Update
2007-06-08 US update
2007-06-08 Most Chinese, Indians Back Carbon Cuts - Survey
2007-06-08 EPA Loses Court Attempt to Weaken Clean Air Rule
2007-06-07 Bangladesh military using murder as law enforcement
2007-06-07 States Urge US EPA to Tighten Rules on Coal Plants
2007-06-06 Forced & Child Labour In Shanxi Brickworks
2007-06-04 BULLETS AND BALLOTS: Army Takeover in Bangladesh
2007-06-01 Latin America Update
2007-06-01 Two countries, 3 cities take stand Against ASARCO, ASARCO Fights Back
2007-06-01 Latin America Update
2007-06-01 CHILE
2007-06-01 ARGENTINA
2007-05-29 BOLIVIA
2007-05-29 HONDURAS
2007-05-28 COLOMBIA
2007-05-28 Quicksilver Quandary
2007-05-28 BRAZIL
2007-05-25 US update
2007-05-22 ECUADOR
2007-05-18 China Update
2007-05-18 China update
2007-05-17 UN Project Cuts Carbon Emissions in Rural China
2007-05-16 Europe Lags, China Catches Up in Clean Energy Race
2007-05-15 Dangers ahead as China blindly expands titanium sponge smelting capacity - CNMIA official
2007-05-15 CHILE'S COPPER WORKERS FORM MASSIVE LABOR CONFEDERATION
2007-04-15 Titanium: Farmers now evicted
2007-04-15 London mining companies: climate change, human rights and corporate wrongs
2007-04-14 Africa Update
2007-04-14 Africa update
2007-04-14 Launching the London Mining Network
2007-04-14 Launching the London Mining Network
2007-04-13 Oregon State Senators Okay Renewable Energy Bill
2007-04-13 New England States Take Aim at Power Plant Mercury Emissions
2007-04-13 World Bank Chief Says Clean Energy a Vital Issue
2007-04-13 Schwarzenegger in Washington: Make Environment Sexy
2007-04-13 US update
2007-04-13 US update
2007-04-13 Guinea re-evaluates mining contracts
2007-04-02 Tiomin and Jinchuan Group Ltd. Announce Private Placement
2007-03-30 US update
2007-03-23 Us Update
2007-03-23 Nbsp;
2007-03-23 US Update
2007-03-09 US update
2007-03-09 US Update
2007-03-09 Uses Sought for Tons of Radioactive Nickel Scrap
2007-03-09 EPA Issues Clean Water Mercury Listing Guidance
2007-03-07 Ohio: Coal mining below forest to go on
2007-03-05 Bush Climate Report Shows U.S. Greenhouse Gases Skyrocketing
2007-03-05 FEATURE - US Coal-Fired Power Plant Plans up in Smoke?
2007-03-01 South Asia Update
2007-03-01
2007-02-26 India's Booming Economy Brings Toxic Hi-tech Waste
2007-02-17 North Sulawesi Governor opposes Toka Tindung gold project
2007-02-17 Indonesia update
2007-02-16 Sand still smuggled to Singapore, police say
2007-02-15 Tiomin to build power plant in Kwale
2007-02-14 Tiomin wants Sh200 million suit cost from farmers
2007-02-14 Tiomin wants Sh200 million suit cost from farmers
2007-02-13 Asia-Pacific update
2007-02-06 RIO TINTO UNDERMINES INDONESIAN LAW
2007-02-02 Africa Update
2007-01-23 Newmont Ups the Propaganda as Buyat Criminal Case Approaches a Verdict
2007-01-19 Slaying outrages China: Thugs allegedly killed reporter over story
2007-01-19 Jamaica bauxite battle continrues
2007-01-19 Zijin Mining to develop nickel mine in Burma
2007-01-19 Latin American Update
2007-01-16 INTERVIEW - EU Says Cannot Meet Emissions Goal Without China
2007-01-12 London Calling follows the cash
2007-01-11 Health experts call on EU to impose total ban on use of mercury
2007-01-04 Africa Update
2006-12-29 China to increase mineral prospecting - official
2006-12-15 US Update
2006-12-15 US Update
2006-12-15 Appeal Letter from Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
2006-12-15 US Airline Industry Lags Nation on Recycling
2006-12-13 Copperheads vs. Greens
2006-11-27 US Update
2006-11-27 US Update
2006-11-25 Vulcan battle ongoing as city considers mining ordinance
2006-11-18 Getting rid of mercury (but not yet)
2006-11-18 Getting rid of mercury (but not yet)
2006-11-17 22 States Write Mercury Controls Stricter than Feds'
2006-11-17 Energy Department May Sell Surplus Mercury Stockpile
2006-11-15 EU Lawmakers Put Mercury Thermometers out in Cold
2006-09-29 China Update
2006-09-26 Group Monitors China's Water Polluters Using Online Mapping
2006-09-21 ToxiCities
2006-09-21 Toxic shock: how Western rubbish is destroying Africa
2006-09-21 ToxiCities
2006-09-15 How American Cities Have Bypassed Bush On Kyoto
2006-09-10 China Update
2006-09-10 China Update
2006-09-09 Canadians Targeted for Controversial Tibet Investments
2006-09-09 Latin American Update
2006-09-08 China 2004 Pollution Clean-Up Cost Put at US$136 Billion
2006-09-08 US Update
2006-09-08 US Update
2006-09-08 EPA Proposes Industry-backed Changes to Clean Air Program
2006-09-07 Increased Burning of Peatlands Boosts Mercury Emissions
2006-09-07 China Lead Smelter Poisons 2,000 - Paper
2006-09-06 Environmental Enforcement Dropping Under Bush
2006-09-05 China puts Zambia mine investment on hold over Taiwan
2006-09-01 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
2006-09-01 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
2006-08-23 Locals protest as titanium mining takes toll on Vietnam island
2006-08-13 African workers now resent Chinese influx
2006-08-08 Coeur d'Alene Says Alaska Mine Suit Dismissed
2006-08-08 US Update
2006-08-08 US Update
2006-08-06 Appalachian Citizens Demonstrate at Governors Conference
2006-08-04 Errors understate mercury emissions
2006-08-04 Group says proposed N.S. quarry will hurt environment, tourism and fishery
2006-08-03 Central province maps out titanium mining master plan
2006-08-02 Suit Filed Over Paradise Coal-fired Plant in Kentucky
2006-07-12 Urgent Action - Community members injured as Canadian Mining Company demolishes their home
2006-07-12 Philippines Update
2006-07-12 Sample letter:-
2006-06-30 Indonesian Update
2006-06-30 Indonesian Update
2006-06-28 Chhattisgarh Approves Jewelry Center Plan
2006-06-28 India Update
2006-06-28 CPI cries CMP violation, threatens Statewide stir
2006-06-28 India Update
2006-06-26 Millions of Indians at Risk From Mercury Poisioning
2006-06-24 Rethinking Mining
2006-06-23 Nalco workers strike in Orissa
2006-06-19 US Update
2006-06-19 Sixteen States Sue U.S. EPA Over Mercury Cap-and Trade Rule
2006-06-19 US Update
2006-06-18 Sepang sand mining threatens locals' livelihood in Bengkulu, Sumatra
2006-06-12 Navajo power plant lease approved; opponents vow to fight Indian Country Today
2006-06-09 London Calling on a recent City shuffle
2006-06-05 Saying no to dumping toxic wastes
2006-06-05 Un Expert Urges States to End Impunity for Violations Of Human Rights Due To Toxic And Dangerous Pr
2006-06-05 Saying no to dumping toxic wastes
2006-05-29 Areva derci?
2006-05-29 Areva derci?
2006-05-29 Normandy Aquifer Seven Times More Radioactive Than French Limit
2006-05-16 US Court to Review Duke Energy Clean Air Ruling
2006-05-16 US Update
2006-05-16 US Update
2006-05-15 U.S. Supreme Court Upholds States' Right to Regulate Dams
2006-05-15 Dupont Tops List of 100 Most Toxic Air Polluters
2006-05-15 Minnesota Enacts Mercury Reductions Law
2006-05-09 Sources: Sack For Eager: Asia Energy Announcement, May 9 2006; Eager At Monterrico:
2006-05-09 Kakadu uranium mine off Areva's agenda
2006-05-02 Eliza Kissya: Preserving the 'sasi' tradition against the odds
2006-03-19 Latin America Update
2006-03-08 Washington State Hands E-Waste Costs to Manufacturers
2006-03-08 Mercury Levels Still High in Virginia River Fish
2006-03-07 US Update
2006-03-07 US Update
2006-03-01 Citizens fight mining companies carving off mountaintops
2006-02-24 Philippines Update
2006-02-24 Philippines Update
2006-02-23 A lead on lead
2006-02-23 Landmark US Lead Paint Suit Finds Companies Liable
2006-02-23 Levy is Part of the Crooks That Sold Mines - Sata
2006-02-23 China's Rivers: Frontlines for Chemical Wastes
2006-02-23 China Update
2006-02-23 China Update
2006-02-23 A lead on lead
2006-02-22 China Faces Uphill Battle to Turn its Growth Green
2006-02-22 China Warns Officials against Covering up Pollution
2006-02-22 China Seeks New Nuclear Designs Using Less Uranium
2006-02-22 EU "Green" Directives Cast Challenge to China's Electronics Industry
2006-02-21 Local Group Nurtures Indigenous Voices in Development of China's West
2006-02-20 US Update
2006-02-20 Negros Folk Gear for War with Mining Companies
2006-02-16 Heightened Surveillance and Harassment of Cordillera Political Activists
2006-02-14 Acid rain, air pollution increasing despite counter measures
2006-01-19 China Update
2006-01-19 Mining agency: Increase top fine
2006-01-19 China update
2006-01-18 Pennsylvania Governor Opposes Curb on Access to Toxic Release Data
2006-01-15 US Updates: January 2006
2006-01-15 quot;Every law has been written by the blood of miners!" That's the opinion of the main US min
2006-01-15 US Updates: January 2006
2005-12-30 Native Americans try to Reap the Wind for Power
2005-12-20 EPA Slammed for Allowing Power Plants to Emit Mercury
2005-12-15 US Updates: December 2005
2005-12-15 US Updates: December 2005
2005-12-15 UNITY STATEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CAUCUS ON MINING AND WTO
2005-11-22 Feature - US update on Western land grab
2005-11-22 Feature - US update on Western land grab
2005-11-21 Gloomy Asbestos Study Criticized at US Senate Hearing
2005-11-15 nbsp;
2005-11-15 Hidden Dangers of Coal
2005-11-15 Hidden Dangers of Coal
2005-11-15 State, Local Air Officials Urge Rapid Mercury Emissions Cuts
2005-11-15 Revealed: the abuse of seafarers who help turn our lights on
2005-11-10 Western Shoshone Headed Back to Court to Challenge Yucca Mountain
2005-11-09 Nuclear Waste Funding Slashed in 2006 Energy Budget
2005-11-09 Roundup on Mining in USA
2005-11-09 Roundup on Mining in USA
2005-11-06 Latest mining suit adds 'silt snake' angle
2005-10-24 High-Tech Toxic Trash Exported to Africa
2005-09-13 It's been condemned as "telling a whole generation of women and children that their health is l
2005-09-12 EPA Fine Particle Air Rule Called Gift to Power Industry
2005-09-09 Tainted Loons, US Senators Tackle EPA on Mercury
2005-08-16 Pennsylvania to Write Mercury Regs Stricter Than Federal Standards
2005-08-16 The US state of Pennsylvania has attacked the new "cap and trade" scheme introduced by the
2005-08-14 What are Particulates?
2005-08-10 What are Particulates?
2005-08-04 Rio Tinto Mine Lifts Hopes of Madagascar Progress
2005-07-25 Panel Indicts Chemplast, MALCO for pollution, human rights violations
2005-07-11 Aluminium, terrorism and war
2005-07-11 Aluminium, terrorism and war
2005-06-30 US urgently seeking new sources for strategic metals
2005-06-17 UNEP implicated mining in tsunami aftermath
2005-05-15 MMAC urges domestic steelmakers to further develop overseas mines
2005-02-22 LANDSLIDE VICTIMS REAP WORST IMPACTS OF GMA'S POLICY OF PLUNDER AND DESTRUCTION
2005-02-09 The Public Has a Right to Know the Toxins Produced by Mining
2005-02-09 La population est en droit de savoir quelles sont les toxines découlant de l'activité
2005-02-09 The Public Has a Right to Know the Toxins Produced by Mining
2005-02-07 EU lead ban hits hi-tech firms
2005-02-01 Over the past few decades, mercury used in gold mining has disabled and killed hundreds of thousand
2005-02-01 EU Commission Proposes Ban on Mercury Exports
2005-01-10 G W Bush is backing former asbestos producers, like Halliburton, in pushing for a curb on asbestos c
2004-12-10 Environmental cover-ups continue in mining industry, says Chief Thomas
2004-12-07 Army Corps Faces Motion of Contempt Over Valley Fills
2004-12-01 The US Environmental Protection Agency is still pushing methods, that are less effective than enforc
2004-11-16 A super fund - but not a super agency
2004-11-16 EPA 2004 Year End Shows 40 Superfund Sites Cleaned
2004-11-15 Lawsuit Takes EPA to Task Over Toxic Boiler Emissions
2004-11-15 Two Industry Connected Appointees Off Coal Waste Committee
2004-11-12 The US Bureau of Land Management has sacked an environmental investigator who revealed dangerous lev
2004-11-05 Further articles on 'Bush the Destroyer'
2004-11-05 Bush: The second round
2004-11-05 Bush win seen lifting drug, defense, oil, coal stocks
2004-10-15 Dawn of a New Era
2004-10-15 Newsletter of National Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) in Sierra Leone
2004-10-15 Newsletter of National Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD) in Sierra Leone
2004-10-15 Promoting Just Mining in Sierra Leone
2004-10-15 Diamond Exports Register an Increase
2004-10-14 Dust-Up Swirls Around Key Jamaica Industry
2004-10-08 Critically endangered dolphin gains trade protection under CITES
2004-10-04 Kenyan president ticks Kwale
2004-09-27 Kenyan farmers threatened by Canadian mineral sands mine
2004-09-27 Kenyan farmers threatened by Canadian mineral sands mine
2004-09-23 Anxiety Sets in Over Mining Plan
2004-09-01 'Bush the Destroyer' and various related articles on mining
2004-08-04 Media Watch
2004-07-30 Selection of articles on the alledged poisonings at Buyat Bay in Indonesia
2004-07-30 Buyat Bay tests show high mercury levels Jakarta Post
2004-07-28 Opinion - Defense against the Dark Arts
2004-07-24 Buyat Bay fishermen count losses from pollution
2004-07-21 Minamata victims report Newmont, minister to police
2004-07-20 More than 100 Buyat citizens suffer from Minamata disease
2004-07-01 Amazonia countries to have plan to combat mercury use
2004-06-15 1] The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an innovative voluntary system that imposes extens
2004-06-03 Power Plants Top Canada - US Air Polluters, Watchdog Says
2004-05-21 States Pursue Allegheny Coal Plant Case Abandoned by EPA
2004-05-17 Study Finds Top Air Polluters Closely Tied to Bush Administration
2004-05-17 One of the themes this website has regularly pursued has been the Bush regime's mounting assault on
2004-05-17 Study Finds Top Air Polluters Closely Tied to Bush Administration
2004-05-17 Mining Giant Rio Tinto Defends Madagascar Project
2004-05-04 The following is an update on the planned new mineralsands mine of Mineral Commodities and Transworl
2004-05-04 Pondoland mine project gets first green light
2004-04-30 Pondoland mine project gets first green light
2004-04-15 The radical Indian weekly, Frontline, has over many years adopted uncompromising positions in suppo
2004-04-15 An anti-people project
2004-04-15 Nuclear power project in India is "anti-people"
2004-04-12 Asia's upcoming nuclear power plants spark fierce competition among global equipment makers
2004-03-17 Doctors, Nurses, Labor, Faith Groups Slam EPA Mercury Plan
2004-03-17 Thousands of children each year suffer "learning disabilities" as a result of mercury exp
2004-03-17 Doctors, Nurses, Labor, Faith Groups Slam EPA Mercury Plan
2003-12-23 Increased pollution from British mine in Indonesia
2003-12-23 West Kutai calls for clarification from PT Kelian
2003-12-23 Increased pollution from British mine in Indonesia
2003-11-19 Kazakhs slap pollution fines on key investors
2003-11-06 India Is Dumping Ground for Toxic Mercury
2003-10-15 Beware the Wolf at the Door: Conservation International
2003-09-15 A tale of squandered opportunities: Sierra Leone
2003-09-12 Eco-Tourism edges out mining in the Eastern Cape
2003-09-08 Pondoland residents renew struggle against mining
2003-08-05 MOVIMIENTO MUNDIAL POR LOS BOSQUES TROPICALES (WORLD RAINFOREST MOVEMENT)
2003-08-05 Madagascar: proyecto minero de Rio Tinto avanza... para peor
2003-08-03 The Thor Case
2003-07-28 House Chooses Nuclear Space Flight Over Superfund
2003-07-15 Up against the Red Shield
2003-07-10 Titanium Mining in Kenya: The Unresolved Questions
2003-07-07 Tug of War Rages over mine, toll road
2003-07-07 Ecotourism clashes with industrialisation in South Africa
2003-07-07 Ecotourism clashes with industrialisation
2003-07-04 Pondoland poised for 'green battle'
2003-07-04 For further information contact:
2003-07-04 Mineral Commodities Ltd (MRC, ASX) is a Perth, Australia, registered company with a copper mine in Q
2003-07-04 Pondoland poised for 'green battle'
2003-06-30 Why Kulundu Ignored Pleas on Tiomin
2003-06-30 Why Kulundu Ignored Pleas on Tiomin
2003-06-30 Canadian firm gets nod to mine titanium
2003-06-30 Mining - the biggest toxic polluter in USA
2003-06-30 Mining - the biggest toxic polluter in USA
2003-06-30 The Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA)
2003-06-30 EPA Says Toxic Releases, Wastes Declined in 2001
2003-06-30 UN Committee Recommends Stricter Mercury Limits
2003-06-21 Government to send team to check cyanide study on Newmont
2003-06-20 Newmont, Walhi agree to verify cyanide study
2003-06-19 Newmont endangers people, ecosystem
2003-06-19 Newmont endangers people, ecosystem
2003-05-29 High Mercury Levels Found in Rain
2003-05-16 1,000 babies contaminated by mercury in Para, Brazil
2003-04-15 Impacts of Mining on Women’s Health in India
2003-04-15 Labour and Women in Mining
2003-04-02 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
2003-03-11 Mercury Legislation Rising in 24 US States
2003-03-03 Court restrains agency from licensing Tiomin
2003-02-28 The Bush War at Home
2003-02-28 The Bush War at Home - pollution in the USA
2003-02-28 Coal power plants and mercury: major threat to women and children EPA estimates that the Clean Air A
2003-02-17 European Electroscrap Laws Enter into Force
2003-02-14 Freeport McMoran pushed to improve human-rights policy
2003-01-28 U.S. Could Block International Action on Mercury
2003-01-15 Corporate accountability: why?
2003-01-15 Development Diamonds – Sierra Leone
2002-08-14 The Gold Coast
2001-11-12 The case against QMM/Rio Tinto in Madagascar
2001-05-23 Madagascar: proyecto minero de Rio Tinto avanza... para peor
2001-05-01 Mining giant threatens to scar island paradise
2001-05-01 Further articles on 'Bush the Destroyer'
2001-05-01 Editorial -
2001-05-01 Clb Director Han Dongfang's Commentary On The 18th Anniversary Of June 4.
2001-05-01 Workers shot during Zambia copper mine riots

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