ECUADOR’S MINING DELUSION: SOME HARD TRUTHS
It´s that time of year when, in Canada, the mining industry gathers to promote a surreal image of itself to a unbelieving world.
Read MoreTwenty-four reasons why Codelco shouldn’t mess with Llurimagua’s Intag mining project
Carlos Zorrilla updated March 2023) UPDATE MARCH 29, 2023: AFTER NEARLY 3 DECADES OF STRUGGLE, INTAG COMMUNITIES WIN! #25!! The Imbabura Provincial Court finally agreed with the communities and ruled against the Llurimagua mining project, revoking the environmental license and ordering a total cessation of all mining activity within the mining concession. The ruling was […]
Read MoreUna historia de dos ranas, seis empresas mineras y mucho, mucho más
carlos zorrilla A simple vista, es fácil tener la impresión de que se trata de una lucha de dos ranas en peligro crítico de extinción contra un proyecto minero de cobre transnacional masivo. En parte, tendrías razón. Pero es mucho más que eso. Se podría decir que todo comenzó en la década de 1980 cuando una expedición […]
Read MoreA tale of two frogs, six mining companies and much, much more
Carlos Zorrilla From the outside looking in, it’s easy to get the impression that it’s a black-and-white struggle of two critically endangered frogs versus a massive transnational copper mining project. In part, you’d be right. But it’s much more than that. It could be said that it all started in the 1980’s when a Belgian-government […]
Read MoreThe 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 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 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 […]
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