* Teresa Alvarado: Transparencia Activa
The inhabitants of Cinquera also asked the city council to call a popular vote so that the citizens of the town can decide through a vote if they are in favor of, ...
... concerns in the name of economic growth. A new airport and train line meant to bring international commerce to the eastern half of the country circumvented some preliminary environmental regulations and ...
... government promote regulations that guarantee mining-free borders with a shared basin approach and give priority to the negotiation of a Treaty of transboundary waters.
We alert the international community ...
... example of these systems. Consequently, by not incorporating a regulation for water supply as priority for domestic use in the article 63, the law would generate a conflict between the supply for the general ...
... regulations, instructions, resolutions, standards, agreements and other general provisions […] will remain in force […] while they are not expressly repealed or modified”. This ambiguity clearly opens ...
CLICK THE PHOTO TO DOWNLOAD REPORT IN SPANISHOn the fourth anniversary of the historic ban on metal mining in El Salvador, the National Roundtable Against metallic mining of El Salvador released a report ...
... against, even though two other mines were suspended on similar grounds. The reality is that local communities are the ones whose rights have been trampled. KCA did not fulfil environmental regulations ...
... with the most mining-related deaths among environmental defenders.
Executive Order 130 cites new fiscal regulations and environmental safeguards but Kalikasan PNE said the regulatory framework "remains ...
... Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) held consultative meetings for the implementing rules and regulations of Executive Order (EO) No. 130, which lifts the mining ban imposed during the ...
... has listing and disclosure requirements that are pretty lax.”
Canada is a playground of deregulation for mining companies headquartered here. As both Lang and Asuncion asserted, corporate social responsibility ...
... regulations were now in place to boost environmental safeguards.
But Greenpeace country director Lea Guerrero said the lifting of the moratorium was "outrageous".
"Mining and extractive activities in ...
... regulations for industry.
Transnational mining in Espinar - Structural problems and the presence of Glencore Just as transnational mining didn’t go into quarantine, neither did the conflicts inherent ...
... existing laws, rules, and regulations,” the executive order stated.
As the government anticipates a boon, anti-mining and human rights groups say lifting the moratorium on new mines will be anything ...
... the mine's environmental performance amid questions regarding the company's commitment to environmental regulations
OceanaGold remains steady at $2.24 per share OceanaGold (OGC) has been fined US$100,000 ...
... when any industry doesn’t operate in compliance with our state regulations that exist for protecting human health and the environment,’’ spokeswoman Laura Renwick said in an email Thursday.
With the ...
... the Salvadoran Congress approved, in March 2017, a law that prohibited metal mining, the only regulation of its kind in the world. With this law, no company can extract gold, silver, copper, or other metallic ...
... company that respects human and environmental rights, and complies with all laws, regulations and operating standards … we have generated development, economic impulse, help with social works for communities ...
... also complies with the highest national and international regulations in each process, required by the authorities to operate in Honduras.”
The company spokesperson said Pinares “is characterized by ...
... recognized as a human right in El Salvador, and the country is at risk of drought. Although lack of water regulation and climate change are two of the reasons for El Salvador's overall water deficit, in ...
... affected communities before issuing licenses, resulting in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards.
The state employed its legal and repressive institutions, such as the ...