Protect Water

Mining involves using, moving, storing and disposing of huge amounts of water. Even with careful planning and management there are serious risks of contamination, possibly forever. Perfectly good rivers and lakes can also be used as waste dumps.

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Webinar: Green Energy, Green Mining, Green New Deal?

19.04.2021

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Ecuador's Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement

09.04.2021

Friends of MiningWatch

Taseko's Gibraltar Mine in B.C.: The Tŝilhqot’in Nation Preparing for Environmental Appeal Board Hearing

08.03.2021

MiningWatch in the News

‘Too risky’: Atikamekw blockade targets open-pit mining project in Northern Quebec

03.03.2021

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Indigenous, Environmental Groups Call for Moratorium on Mining Development in Ring of Fire

26.02.2021

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Overwhelming Vote in Southern Ecuador Sends Strong Message to Mining Companies

11.02.2021

Friends of MiningWatch

Sinking Seabed Mining: Papua New Guinean, Australian and New Zealand civil society welcome ban on seabed mining in Northern Territory

11.02.2021

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Quebec Authorizes the Largest Graphite Mine on the Continent, Adjoining Mont-Tremblant National Park

10.02.2021

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Canadian Organizations Call on Canada to Halt Mining of the Seabed

03.02.2021

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New Map Shows Dozens of Mine Pollution Threats in BC

19.01.2021