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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Schedule 2: Getting Around the Protection of Lakes and Rivers

04.06.2009

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Overwhelming Vote in Southern Ecuador Sends Strong Message to Mining Companies

11.02.2021

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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

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TAKE ACTION: Demand that INV Metals make the Environmental Impact Assessment for Loma Larga, Public!

04.12.2020

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Massive Mobilizations Ignite Argentinian Patagonia In Face of Lobby Pressure to Subvert Anti-Mining Legislation

02.12.2020

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Video of virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

19.11.2020

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Audio recording of the virtual round table: "Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?"

19.11.2020