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Environmental Protests
The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented. Climate * Global Climate March * Global Day of Action * March Against Monsanto * March for Science (2017) * People's Climate March (2014) * People's Climate March (2017) * School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) (2018-) ** September 2019 climate strikes * Stop Climate Chaos * Say Yes demonstrations * March for Science Portland * Camp for Climate Action * End Fossil - Occupy! Mining * Antamina mine * Akyem mine * Ashio Copper Mine * 2000 Baia Mare Cyanide spill * Conflict minerals * Cuajone mine * Dairi mine * Dolores mine * Escobal mine protests * Fenix Nickel Project * Himpunan Hijau * Kabwe mine * Kamoto mine * Kenticha mine * Las Bambas copper mine ** 2015 Peruvian protests against Las Bambas mining project * Lega Dembi mine * Marikana massacre * Mirador mine * Mutanda mine * Nchanga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environmental Conflict
Environmental conflicts or ecological distribution conflicts (EDCs) are social conflicts caused by environmental degradation or by unequal distribution of environmental resources.Libiszewski, Stephan.What is an Environmental Conflict." ''Journal of Peace Research'' 28.4 (1991): 407-422. The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented. Parties involved in these conflicts include locally affected communities, states, companies and investors, and social or environmental movements; typically environmental defenders are protecting their homelands from resource extraction or hazardous waste disposal. Such activities create resource scarcities (such as by overfishing or deforestation), pollute the environment, and degrade the living space for humans and nature, resulting in conflict. Frequently environmental conflicts focus on environmental justice issues, the rights of ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Fossil - Occupy!
End, END, Ending, or variation, may refer to: End *In mathematics: **End (category theory) **End (topology) **End (graph theory) ** End (group theory) (a subcase of the previous) **End (endomorphism) *In sports and games **End (gridiron football) **End, a division of play in the sports of curling, target archery and pétanque **End (dominoes), one of the halves of the face of a domino tile *In entertainment: **End (band) an American hardcore punk supergroup formed in 2017. **End key on a modern computer keyboard **End Records, a record label **"End", a song by The Cure from ''Wish'' ** Ends (song) (1998 song) song by Everlast, off the album ''Whitey Ford Sings the Blues'' *In other areas: **End, in weaving, a single thread of the warp **''Ends (short story collection)'' (1988 book) anthology of Gordon R. Dickson stories END * European Nuclear Disarmament * Endoglin, a glycoprotein * Equivalent narcotic depth, a concept used in underwater diving * Environmental noise directive * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamoto Mine
The Kamoto Mine is an underground copper and cobalt mine to the west of Musonoi in the former Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2022, the site is the largest active cobalt mine in the world. The mine includes the Luilu metallurgical plant, which accepts ore from KOV mine and Mashamba East mine. The plant has polluted the Luilu River, and tailings also pollute the region with wind-blown dust. The Kolwezi Tailings Project is an attempt to recover additional metal from these tailings. The exploitation rights are owned by the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), a joint venture between Katanga Mining (75%) and the state-owned Gécamines (25%). Katanga Mining is now owned by Glencore. History Gécamines began operations in the Kamoto underground mine in 1969. The mine produced three million tonnes of ore annually in the 1980s. Before it closed in October 1990 it had produced 59.3 million tonnes of ore, with a grade of 4.21% copper and 0.37% cobalt. In November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabwe Mine
Kabwe mine or Broken Hill mine is a retired lead smelting and mining operation near Kabwe, Zambia that operated from 1906 to 1994. At its peak, between 1925 and 1974, it was owned by Anglo American plc and was Africa's largest lead producer. The mine produced extremely toxic lead pollution for ninety years. Several studies have confirmed that over 100,000 people, including tens of thousands of children, near the mine suffer from lead poisoning. Kabwe is one of the world's most polluted towns. In 1921, a “bone cave” that included a fossilised human skull called ''Kabwe 1'' was discovered in the mine. This fossil was the first remains of an extinct human relative to be found in Africa. The skull was studied by Arthur Smith Woodward of the British Museum of Natural History, who published a paper naming the new human precursor ''Homo rhodesiensis.'' Study of the Kabwe skull has had important implications for understanding of human evolution and pre-history. The mine was privatis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himpunan Hijau
Himpunan Hijau (English: "Green Assembly" or "Green Rally") is a Malaysian environmentalist movement protesting against the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP), a rare earth processing plant operating in Gebeng, Kuantan, Pahang set up by the Australian company Lynas. The refinery process is accused of dumping tonnes of toxic and radioactive waste on the local lives, livelihoods, the environment and the health of future generations. The ''Save Malaysia Stop Lynas'' (SMSL) group is currently led by the Member of Parliament for Bentong; Wong Tack. The refining facility entered production in 2013, producing 1,089 tonnes of rare earth oxides in the first quarter of 2014, with a target of 11,000 tonnes per annum. On 2 September 2014, Lynas was issued a 2-year Full Operating Stage License (FOSL) by the Malaysian Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB). See also * Environment of Malaysia * Lynas * Wong Tack Wong Tack (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vòng Tet'') is a Malaysian politician who serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenix Nickel Project
The Fenix nickel project also known as El Estor mine is an integrated mountain-top nickel mine and processing facility near El Estor in the Izabal Department of eastern Guatemala.Fenix Nickel Project (Eximbal Mine; El Estor Mine), El Estor, Izabal Department, Guatemala Mindat.org The project consists of a cluster of several deposits with reserves amounting to 36.1 million tonnes of ore grading 1.86% . The project is owned by |
Escobal Mine Protests
The Escobal mine protests are a series of political protests opposing the Escobal mine, a large Silver mining, silver mine developed by Canada, Canadian mining company Tahoe Resources in San Rafael Las Flores, Guatemala. Since 2009 various community groups have advocated against the mine, citing risks of Environmental degradation, environmental damage and the land sovereignty rights of the indigenous Xinca people. These groups have employed Nonviolent resistance, nonviolent protest tactics such as blockading mine property and voting in municipal referendums, which found that over 95% of residents in surrounding communities opposed the Escobal mine. The protests have been met with systematic violence from both state forces and Escobal's private security, including shootings, kidnappings, and an official State of emergency, state of siege declared in May 2013 to suppress public opposition. Escobal opened in 2014 and operated for three years before Tahoe's mining license was suspended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolores Mine
Dolores mine is an open pit silver and gold mine in the Mexican state of Chihuaua. It is owned by the Canadian company Pan-American Silver (PAS). The mine began production in 2008 and was expected to produce over $3 billion in profits. in 2010 the mine was expected to produce 80,000 ounces of gold and 4,000,000 ounces of silver per year for 17 years. The mine has generated an environmental conflict, and local communities have fought for better environmental protection and larger shares of the profits from the mine. The conflict is exacerbated by militarisation associated with the Mexican drug war. Arsenic leeching from the mine has contaminated local water supplies, and hundreds of families have been displaced. Background The mine was originally developed by the Canadian company Minefinders. In 2006, farmers from the Huizopa ejido signed a contract with Minefinders, giving the company access to their land for 16 years. The ejido received 39 million pesos ($3.7 million). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dairi Mine
The Dairi mine is a zinc and lead mine in the Dairi Regency of the North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It is owned by Dairi Prima Mineral, which obtained a permit to explore the area in 1988 and started drilling in 1997. The largest of the ore bodies is 26.7 million tons, reportedly estimated by the mining company as comprising 7% lead and 12% zinc. Location and description The underground mine is located near the Sopokomil hamlet of Longkotan d/small> village in the Silima Pungga-Pungga d/small> subdistrict of Dairi Regency, in the North Sumatra province on the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia. The location is 25 kilometres west-northwest of Sidikalang, the capital town of Dairi Regency. The mine sits on the Great Sumatran fault line. The earthquake-prone land around the mine is unstable because it is composed of ash from the local volcanoes. Stanford University civil engineer Richard Meehan said that the mine's design is "almost certain" to result in a disast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuajone Mine
The Cuajone mine is a large mining, copper mine located in the south of Peru in Moquegua Region. Cuajone represents one of the largest copper reserve in Peru and in the world having estimated reserves of 1.6 billion tonnes of ore grading 0.57% copper. The mine has resulted in an environmental conflict, because local residents say that the mine pollutes the environment without providing economic benefits. In February, 2022 local residents blockaded rail access to the mine and cut its water supply, demanding $5 billion in compensation and 5% of the mine's profits. Geology The porphyry copper deposit and hypogene mineralization (geology), mineralization occurred in the Early Eocene. Supergene sulfide minerals, sulfide enrichment began in the Late Oligocene and continued until the Early Miocene. Chalcocite is the more common copper ore mineral as massive assemblages. See also *Toquepala mine *Quellaveco mine *Yanacocha *Cerro de Pasco *Huancavelica * List of mines in Peru * Zinc m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conflict Mineral
The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a history of conflict, where various armies, rebel groups, and outside actors have profited from mining while contributing to violence and exploitation during wars in the region. The four main end products of mining in the eastern DRC are tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold, which are extracted and passed through a variety of intermediaries before being sold to international markets. These four products, (known as the 3TGs) are essential in the manufacture of a variety of devices, including consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets, and computers. Some have identified the conflict as significantly motivated by control over resources. In response, several countries and organizations, including the United States, European Union, and OECD have designated 3TG minerals connected to conflict in the DRC as conflict minerals and legally require companies to report trade or use of conflict minerals as a way to reduce incentives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
The 2000 Baia Mare Cyanide spill was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Someș River by the gold mining company Aurul, a joint-venture of the Australian company Esmeralda Exploration and the Romanian government. The polluted waters eventually reached the Tisza River and then the Danube, killing large numbers of fish in Hungary, Serbia, and Romania. The spill has been called the worst environmental disaster in Europe since the Chernobyl disaster. Background Aurul, the mine operator, is a joint venture company formed by the Australian company Esmeralda Exploration and the Romanian government. The company claimed it had the ability to clean up the toxic tailings at the Baia Mare mine, which had begun to be spread as toxic dust by the wind. Promising to deal with them and to extract remaining gold from them via gold cyanidation, the company shipped its waste product to a dam near Bozânta Mare, Maramureș County. Dam failure On the night of January 30, 2000, a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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