The Mushkegowuk Council has been pushing to protect the area in northern Ontario — a major carbon sink the size of Portugal — for decades
By Inori Roy
This story is part of Carbon Cache, The Narwhal’s ongoing series about nature-based climate solutions.
[Updated to add Publish What You Pay statement released Nov.1] The science is undeniable. If our world has a hope of limiting global warming to 2℃ and avoiding even greater climate catastrophe, we must limit our consumption of fossil fuels — and fast. But the rush towards the energy transition can’t mean business as usual.
Victoria/Smithers, B.C. – October 26, 2021. Local, regional and national groups support Gitxaala Nation’s legal action against the B.C. government. Earlier today, the Gitxaała First Nation filed a first-of-its kind legal challenge in the British Columbia Supreme Court against the province’s “free entry” mineral claim staking regime.
The extraction of lithium, an essential mineral for mobile phone batteries, electric cars, and solar panels, has begun to reshape geopolitical relations, intensifying speculation by mining companies and deepening socio-environmental conflicts in areas where the deposits are located. The Global South is increasingly being impacted by the promotion and advancement of the “energy transition”.
Santa Cruz, Bolivia. On October 12th, 2021 leaders of the Comité Cívico Potosinista (COMCIPO) and members of the Municipal Council of Potosi blocked the entranceway to the San Bartolome oxides plant, owned by Canadian company Andean Precious Metals (TSX: APM) in Potosi, Bolivia. They claim that the company’s mining operations are responsible for the ongoing destruction of the Cerro Rico de Potosi — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and sacred to the Indigenous Qaraqara people.
Federal Court of Appeal hearing scheduled for November – We want an investigation into the Canadian Embassy in Mexico
MiningWatch Canada is excited to announce that Valerie Croft has joined our staff as Communications Coordinator. Her skills and experience will bring us added capacity and will allow us to be more creative, more thorough, and more effective in our public communications, media work, and social media presence.
Oaxaca, September 29th, 2021
To the media
To the general public
To our sisters and brothers of Turtle Island
In the context of the “Oaxaca-Canada 2021 Indigenous Encounter” organized by the governments of Canada and Mexico from September 20—October 8 in the city of Oaxaca de Juárez, we have decided to make known some relevant issues that have been omitted or misrepresented in the official announcements and press conferences.
Bucaramanga, Bogotá, Washington, Ottawa. National and international civil society organizations are widely rejecting the decision made by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on September 10 in the case of Eco Oro v.
(Ottawa) MiningWatch Canada is supporting the filing of a formal complaint by Amsterdam-based OECD Watch against a Canadian government agency that is meant to address human rights and environmental complaints brought against Canadian multinational corporations.
