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