More people are banding together to block projects, which could have grave consequences for the economy

Gabriel Friedman June 6, 2019 11:08 AM EDT

One minute John Perkins was seated near the back of a fire hall in rural Nova Scotia, listening to a discussion about drainage at gold mines, the next he was backing away from a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with his hands up.

By Levon Sevunts | 
english@rcinet.ca
Wednesday 5 June, 2019

Argentina’s Supreme Court on Tuesday shot down a challenge by Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold to an environmental law banning mining in glacial areas.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the law was constitutional, local media reported.

Mining companies are suing Latin American governments and making millions and even billions of dollars at the expense of people and the environment.

Find out how this came to be, what affected communities from Colombia think about it, and what people are doing to stop it.

(Quebec City) Following the release of new images confirming another spill by Tata Steel, the Coalition for Better Mining in Quebec (la Coalition pour que le Québec ait meilleure mine) is asking Environment Minister Benoit Charrette to act.

(Ottawa) An expert review of Canada Carbon’s (CCB: TSX-V) Miller project in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, Quebec, concludes the project does not demonstrate economic viability and is not worth the $96 million the company is threatening to claim from the municipality opposing the project. MiningWatch Canada filed a complaint with the B.C. Securities Commission today.

• Senate amendments threaten to exaggerate the role of regulatory agencies, restrict public access, and limit role of Indigenous authorities, among other problems.
• Proposed project list thresholds are more permissive than existing limits, and exclusions are broader than existing ones.
• Other proposed regulations would weaken public participation.

(Ottawa) As the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment, and Natural Resources (ENEV)

By Mi'kmaq Matters – A weekly podcast about the Mi'kmaq people and the Qalipu First Nation, with host Glenn Wheeler.

By: Brent Patterson 

A massive march of more than 100,000 people took place in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia on Friday May 10. All of the media coverage of that protest is in Spanish. What happened that day and why?

A mobilization to protect drinking water

El Espectador reports that the protest march was in opposition to "extractive projects in the ecosystem that supplies water to more than two million people in eastern Colombia."

The name of that ecosystem is the Páramo de Santurbán.

(Ottawa, Vancouver) On Wednesday, the Xinka Parliament of Guatemala drew over 1,000 community members to its press conference where Xinka Indigenous representatives called on Canadian company Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS) to respect their right to freely participate in the court-ordered consultation process over the Escobal mine. Xinka communities demanded the company cease attemp