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1. For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); TELESUR For grassroots organizations, the fight to protect water and local communities continues, now on a larger scale. After El Salvador won a decade-long legal battle against mining company OceanaGold on ...; Created on 10 November 2016
2. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an area larger than the Netherlands had burned. Another crucial factor is the role of international development institutions and treaty bodies, which regularly judge disputes involving foreign investors. ...; Created on 23 April 2021
3. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... larger, with the installation of a pebble crusher and other equipment to smash ore to a finer grain size, a DHEC official said at the hearing. OceanaGold officials say they’ll restore much of the site ...; Created on 02 April 2021
4. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... country for land and environmental defenders for the first time in this time period, with 157 defenders murdered largely by suspected government armed forces—a number 36 percent larger than the total cases ...; Created on 25 July 2020
5. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... majority voted against a proposed mine. Being there, she says, “was like stepping into a larger indigenous world. I can’t even explain the overwhelming sense that it was a great movement. It felt like ...; Created on 07 May 2018
6. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... passed the historic ban. OceanaGold’s behavior provided momentum to movements in El Salvador, which used the moment to push for what had been their larger goal for twelve years: a legislative ban on ...; Created on 26 June 2017
7. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and not the much larger amount of US$250 million for gold they have yet to extract, McCrum remarked: “This is a question to be resolved by the arbitration panel”. OceanaGold ensures that they complied ...; Created on 30 September 2015
8. SECOND MUNICIPALITY DECLARED FREE OF METAL MINING IN EL SALVADOR: (Territories Free of Mining); ... reverse all the gains made by the environmental movement if a larger number of right wing legislators gain a qualified majority at the Legislative Assembly that would make the progressive FMLN government ...; Created on 01 December 2014
9. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... boast larger revenues than most countries' economies. And, if that weren't enough, corporations have gained extraordinary powers through trade and investment agreements to sue governments, often to override ...; Created on 29 September 2014
10. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... recently became part of a larger Australian-based corporation. When OceanaGold bought Pacific Rim last year, it identified the Salvadoran mining prospects as a key asset, even though gold prices have sunk ...; Created on 25 September 2014
11. MUA joins fresh OceanaGold protests: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... larger than those covered in the original environmental study.OceanaGold acquired Canada-based Pacific Rim late last year, gaining control of the El Dorado gold-silver project. In its last quarterly ...; Created on 11 September 2014
12. Meet the Company Suing El Salvador for the Right to Poison Its Water: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... company operate because it wants to protect its main source of water. The case pits El Salvador’s government against a Canadian gold-mining company that recently became part of a larger Australian-based ...; Created on 04 September 2014
13. Environmentalists call for concrete signals of a sustainability agenda for El Salvador: (Background and reports ); ... FMLN’s political program. This was part of a larger a national dialogue, Dialogo Pais, initiated by the party with all sectors of society to develop a political platform for the Feb. 2014 presidential ...; Created on 12 June 2014
14. Environmental Alliance of El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... conflict and polluting effects that this industry could bring to the country, given the interest of new and larger mining companies, as Australia's Oceana Gold. We reiterate to the political parties ...; Created on 12 December 2013
15. Governments of Guatemala and El Salvador forced to respond to community concerns regarding the Cerro Blanco mining project: (Cerro Blanco); ... of human rights this project would have on a much larger segment of the Salvadorian population that would be affected if the Lempa River was contaminated. These include violations on the right to life, ...; Created on 28 February 2013
16. Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the exploration is finished they sell the project to a larger company.” Currently, Pacific Rim has an exploration permit. However, in response to government opposition, which has not given a the company ...; Created on 18 July 2012

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