Mining and Dams
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NEWS: Greek activists protest outside Eldorado Gold’s office in Vancouver
David P. Ball writes in rabble.ca, “Greek villagers brought their region’s fierce battle against Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold to the firm’s headquarters Friday (May 31), marking the end of the activists’ cross-Canada tour opposing open-pit gold mining in their homeland. The Halkidiki activists have been on a speaking tour for the past week in Canada, including…
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WIN! Guatemalan activst Rubén Herrera freed from jail
Rubén Herrera is a member of Consejo de los Pueblos del Occidente (CPO, or Western Peoples’ Council) in Guatemala. He has been active in raising awareness about unpopular mining and dam projects, including the controversial Cambalam hydroelectric dam. On March 15, he was apprehended and charged with kidnapping, terrorism and other offences. On May 22,…
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NEWS: Water concerns drive protests against gold mine in Kyrgyzstan
News stories are emerging today about the controversial Kumtor open-pit gold mine operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. The Associated Press reports, “Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters besieged a Canadian gold mine in Kyrgyzstan on Friday, clashing violently with riot police and prompting the president to declare a state of…
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UPDATE: Naomi Klein comments on the Skouries mine in Greece
EnetEnglish reports that Naomi Klein, author of ‘The Shock Doctrine’, says the systemic use of shock and fear by the power elites to undermine vulnerable communities is very much evident in post-bailout Greece. Klein says, “What I’ve been following recently is the sell-off of natural resources for mining and drilling. …Austerity and debt (are being…
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UPDATE: Greek activists visit Toronto to raise concerns about Eldorado Gold
About 70 people came to a public forum this evening at the University of Toronto to hear Greek activists share their concerns about the mines being developed by Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold in the Halkidiki peninsula and the Thrace region of Greece. Toronto’s alternative news-weekly NOW Magazine said this was a “can’t miss” event. They described…
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No permita que las empresas mineras sigan envenenando el agua en El Salvador | Stop Mining Companies from Poisoning El Salvador’s Drinking Water!
Esta petición es para que la firmen salvadoreños y salvadoreñas. Será mandada a la Asamblea Nacional en San Salvador. Ya que las y los salvadoreños viviendo en el extranjero podremos votar en las elecciones presidenciales de febrero 2014, es crítico que cada uno de nosotros y nosotras tomemos la oportunidad para hacer que se escuchen…
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UPDATE: Eldorado Gold turns up to hear Greek mine opponents in Ottawa
This evening I heard Vaggelis Lampakis (the mayor of Alexandroupoli in the Thrace region of Greece) and Maria Kadoglou (an activist from the Halkidiki peninsula) speak at the University of Ottawa about mines being developed in their country by Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold. They were accompanied by Tolis Papageorgiou who is also from the Halkidiki peninsula.…
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UPDATE: Greek activists highlight mining concerns in Montreal
Vaggelis Lampakis (the mayor of Alexandroupoli in the Thrace region), Tolis Papageorgiou and Maria Kadoglou (activists from the Halkidiki peninsula) were in Montreal last night to raise public awareness about Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold and their plans to open water-destructive mines in Greece. Montreal-based Council of Canadians activist Abdul Pirani reports, “The event went very well.…
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International Allies Support the Call for a Ban on Metal Mining in El Salvador
As a member of the International Allies against Metal Mining in El Salvador, the Blue Planet Project was recently involved in convening a fact-finding mission on water and mining in El Salvador in collaboration with allied groups from Canada, the US and El Salvador. The mission involved 45 international delegates from 12 countries and 22…
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Gold Mining and the Defense of Water in El Salvador
International Delegation to El Salvador, May 10-13, 2013 Preliminary Report From May 10-13 2013, an international delegation from 12 countries representing 22 human rights, social justice and environmental non-profit organizations and advocates, along with academics, journalists, artists and grassroots activists, carried out a three day tour of El Salvador to examine experiences with gold mining operations and…