This is absurd! There should be no mining in the Upper Peninsula in order to save the environment. Oh, wait! It's a Canadian company doing it. Why not ruin the environment in your own country, not ours. The UP has some of the most pristine wilderness left. I, for one, would like to keep it that way. Apparently our government doesn't think so.
“It’s not green, it’s greed. Global warming is a serious problem and we cannot continue burning #fossilfuels, but destroying mountains for lithium is just as bad as destroying mountains for coal. You can’t blow up a mountain and call it green.”
In Walikale, a territory located in the eastern DRC, the Canadian and South African-owned mining company Alphamin Bisie Mining SA has been accused of obtaining mining rights without consulting all the communities affected by the company’s activities.
An analysis by Mongabay highlights several inconsistencies in the process of receiving mining and exploration permits that violate the law.
The Andean city of La Oroya, situated in a high-altitude valley at 3,750 meters (12,300 feet), is home to a heavy metal smelter that has poisoned residents and the environment for almost a century. In 2006, La Oroya residents sued the Peruvian government at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for allowing the company...
A shortage of cocoa beans has led to a near shutdown of processing plants in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, the two countries responsible for 60% of global production. With chocolate makers around the world reliant on West Africa for cocoa, there is significant concern about the impact on the prices of chocolate and the livelihood of farmers.
#SasquatchResources is trying to determine if it’s economically feasible to mine metals from the tailings of four former mines that closed decades ago.
The company says if it goes ahead, it would clean up the #environmental mess that was left behind.
A gold mine in the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan is expanding, prompting alarm from activists and conservationists.
The Martabe mine on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, run by a company associated with the U.K.’s Jardine Matheson Holdings, already cleared 100 hectares (about 250 acres) of forest from 2016 to 2020, and looks set to clear another 100 hectares.
The South Taranaki Bight is home to blue #whales, Māui and Hector’s #dolphins, kororā (little #penguins), and key fishing grounds. You may already know that it is under threat once again by the possibility of #SeabedMining. Trans Tasman Resources ( #TTR ) is seeking consent to #mine the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight - to dig up to 50 million tonnes of ironsands a year for over 30 years, dumping 45 million tonnes back onto the seafloor.
We’re very concerned that the #mining proposal could be allowed under new fast-track legislation the new coalition Government is about to enact. The new fast-track bill is a radically anti-environment and undemocratic policy. It looks set to give unbridled power to just two Ministers to approve significant projects and avoid consultation for the protection of the #environment, #wildlife and #conservation efforts. It's a war on nature.
Create “an economic benefit for communities who want to protect green space where the decarbonization happens naturally.”
How do we include Indigenous people more in the mining sector? Decarbonization work may be a key.
A panel March 5 at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada conference in Toronto discussed financial rewards for protection and stewardship of green spaces among a number of other topics.
Today in Labor History March 10, 1906: Coal dust exploded at the Courrieres mine in France. 1,099 miners died. It was the second worst mining disaster of the 20th century. (1,549 miners died in the Benxihu accident in China, in 1946). As a result of the Courrieres disaster, 45,000 miners went on strike, protesting the ongoing unsafe working conditions. The authorities sent in the military, which quashed the strike.
State agency in Maine rejects #Canadian#mining company’s rezoning application
February 14, 2024
BREWER, #Maine (AP) — A state agency on Wednesday rejected a Canadian mining company’s zoning application for a proposed mine on #PickettMountain in northern Penobscot County, near #BaxterStatePark and the #KatahdinWoods & Waters National Monument.
"The Maine Land Use Planning [#LUPC] Commission voted 5-2 against #Wolfden's request to rezone on 374 acres (150 hectares), which would've been the first of several hurdles to building a #MetallicMine in the #Katahdin region.
"The panel had numerous concerns including the economic feasibility of the proposed mine. The panel also considered the impacts on #TribalLands, #wildlife, #water resources, the outdoors economy and other factors.
"'This ruling is a great victory for the precious waters and lands of the Katahdin region and the people that rely upon them for sustenance and well-being,' said Penobscot Tribal Chief #KirkFrancis.
"Wolfden withdrew its first application after the commission’s staff pointed to multiple errors and inconsistencies with its proposal. It was resubmitted in January 2023 with a goal of addressing the concerns."
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Rights court condemns Peru over one of world's most polluted towns (www.rfi.fr)
The Andean city of La Oroya, situated in a high-altitude valley at 3,750 meters (12,300 feet), is home to a heavy metal smelter that has poisoned residents and the environment for almost a century. In 2006, La Oroya residents sued the Peruvian government at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for allowing the company...