The dirty truth about clean energy
Everyone knows what needs to be done to bring down CO2 levels; pump less of it into the atmosphere. But instead of reducing overall energy consumption, the focus is on increasing ‘green’ energy consumption: electric vehicles, massive electric storage installations, …
Read MoreGlobal biodiversity hotspot faces mining threat Endangered amphibians, including a toad new to science, are at risk from planned copper extraction in Ecuador’s cloud forests Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email to a friend By Kenny Taylor Published: April 4, 2022 at 7:00 am Part of the most wildlife-rich zone in the world […]
Read MoreComisión de biodiversidad fiscalizará a sectores minero, petrolero, hidrocarburos e hidroeléctricas en Ecuador
Comunicado de Prensa Bnamericas Publicado: lunes, 20 septiembre, 2021 Comunidad Asamblea Nacional Con ocho votos, la Comisión de Biodiversidad resolvió iniciar el proceso de fiscalización a los sectores estratégicos y la regularización ambiental a todo tipo de minería en Ecuador; el seguimiento y control de concesiones mineras y plantas de beneficios; así como, en los […]
Read MoreFrom Intag’s local governments and organizations: Dear Codelco, BHP, Cornerstone and Sunstone
(Letter was physically delivered to companies and government officials in Quito, 12-Sept-2021) IF you withhold this information from your financiers and shareholders, you will be withholding material information. But you know that, right?? Intag Zone, Province of lmbabura, Ecuador August 24, 2021 Theme: Unconsulted mining in our territories threatens water sources. To the CEOs and […]
Read MoreEl problemático proyecto minero de Llurimagua en Ecuador
Ahora que el arbitraje internacional solicitado por la gigante minera chilena Codelco contra el Ecuador está generando interés, me parece que es el momento perfecto para informar un poco al público sobre lo que hay detrás del arbitraje, y llamar la atención a la prensa por la información tan chapucera sobre este proyecto minero.
Read MoreLa mina asesina que se adueña de todo y de todos
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA7 de abril de 2021, 12.54 p.m.EDTSin ayuda para 4000 personas afectadas por el derrame de una mina en Brasil Fuente:Comité de Derechos Humanos en América Latina (CDHAL) – MiningWatch Canada (Ottawa / Montreal, 7 de abril de 2021) El 25 de marzo, una presa de relaves en la mina Aurizona se desbordó […]
Read More8 de mayo
Siete años de impunidad, atropellos y lucha No se trata del sangriento levantamiento de octubre del 2019 el cual, indudablemente, se comentará ampliamente este mes. Más bien, este texto es sobre los siete años de la violenta e inconstitucional ocupación militar-policial de Junín y casi toda la zona de Intag para instalar a la transnacional […]
Read MoreNew president proposes ban on open pit mining in Ecuador
Unlike all the B.S. the pro-mining press is reporting on about Lasso’s friendly mining agenda, just days before the second round of elections, on this pre-election article by Ecuador’s largest newspaper, candidate Guillermo Lasso proposes to ban open pit mining in the country and instead, support tourism. Guillermo Lasso plantea prohibir la minería en cielo […]
Read MoreEcuador’s Ecuador’s Problematic Llurimagua Mining Project
Now that the international arbitration requested by the Chilean mining giant Codelco against the Ecuador is attracting worldwide attention, it feels like the right time to inform the public a little bit about what is behind the arbitration, and call the press for such shoddy reporting on this mining project
Read MoreEcuador’s Mining Days Are Numbered
Coupled with the landslide approval of an anti-mining referendum in Ecuador’s third largest city, the writing could not be more up on the wall for mining’s future. If you still don’t see the writing on the wall, the other interesting and painful statistic for the mining sector is that the most openly pro-mining candidate Geovanni […]
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