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Church mission to Vedanta site in India
Kathryn Hopkins
16th October, 2009
Archbishop questions Church's investment in mining firm that plans to build on site revered by indigenous tribe more...Vedanta told to 'change behaviour' by UK Government
Ecologist
12th October, 2009
Mining company unable to provide any evidence as government agency rules they ignored rights of indigenous people more...Emissions from tar sands seriously underestimated
Ecologist
5th October, 2009
Governments and companies making no effort to quantify the real climate impacts more...Conned for her copper: Zambia pays the price for aid
Khadija Sharife
29th September, 2009
Copper underwires the modern world, running through everything from the gas guzzler to the wind turbine. Any country that finds substantial reserves of the metal ought to consider itself to have struck gold. That is, until you let the World Bank decide how your mines should be run… more...Activists force tar sand mine to close in Canada
Ecologist
16th September, 2009
Greenpeace activists block Shell's tar sands oil extraction operation in protest at its environmental cost more...Botswana admits bushmen were evicted for diamond mine
Ecologist
19th August, 2009
Official admits government cut off water supply to force Bushmen out of the Central Kalahri Game Reserve more...Royal Mint linked to rainforest destruction
Ecologist
4th August, 2009
Government-owned Royal Mint admits it has no ethical sourcing policy more...Marc Ona Essangui: holding Gabon to account
Chris Carroll and Eifion Rees
3rd August, 2009
Fighting a mine funded by foreign investment in Gabon has seen Marc Ona Essangui spend time in prison, but his only response, he says, is 'serenity'... more...Are salmon as precious as gold?
Laura Sevier
16th July, 2009
Alaska's long-standing wild salmon-fishing industry could be under threat from large-scale mining development more...Fighting Coal
Frank Joseph Smecker
7th July, 2009
The Appalachians, America's vast network of mountains, has long been threatened by destructive coal mining practices. Local communities fighting mountain top removal are putting their hopes behind new legislation now in Congress more...James Hansen arrested during anti-coal demonstration
Ecologist
24th June, 2009
Scientists are leading the charge against political foot-dragging on climate change, with James Hansen arrested for protesting against coal mining and Kevin Anderson warning the UK Government its emissions levels are 'dangerously optimistic' more...UK companies linked to devastating Indian mine
Andrew Wasley
19th June, 2009
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc more...
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UK companies linked to devastating Indian mine
Andrew Wasley
19th June, 2009
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc more...On the frontline: The Real Tibet
Andrew Wasley
1st May, 2009
Reporting from the frontline of environmental activism, Andrew Wasley takes a closer look at the environmental situation in Tibet.more...
Can silver ever be ethical?
Matilda Lee
1st March, 2009
From country cousin to king gold, silver is slowly cleaning up its tarnished reputation, writes Matilda Lee more...Official complaint made against mining giant
Ecologist
1st February, 2009
Mining giant Vedanta receives a gift wrapped complaint following plans to turn sacred homeland into a bauxite mine. more...As green as gold?
Phil Moore
25th September, 2008
Environmental group Global Response has challenged Wal-Mart’s claim that their Love, Earth jewelery is ‘committed to protecting the environment’. more...Between a rock and a hard place
Phil Moore
1st August, 2008
The battle between mining giant Vedanta and the threatened tribal Dongria Kondh of Orissa, eastern India continues. more...Unearthing justice
Rashmi Mistry
28th May, 2008
Imagine you’re walking along and notice a flash from the ground. You look down and you’ve stumbled upon gold. You think your luck has changed, what’s shining back at you is a life of luxury, problems over. Except if you’re Luis Arteaga, a 95 year-old father of 10 in Honduras. more...Not all that is gold, glitters - a report on the dark side of the precious metal
Laura Sevier
17th April, 2008
The world’s favourite precious metal is hiding a dirty little secret. Laura Sevier reports on the truth behind the glitter, and asks whether gold can ever be green more...'We're no role model', says Australian green group
News
27th April, 2007
'Don't make the same mistakes as us,' Australian think-tank the Mineral Policy Institue has warned China more...Nuclear Power Dossier - Uranium Mining and Milling
Jon Hughes
30th November, 1999
Remote, unregulated and...running out. Why the business of fuelling nuclear power can't give us energy sovereignty more...