TO: JOHN MORGAN, CEO OF CALGARY-BASED INFINITO GOLD 1,012 of 2,000 signatures Campaign created by Emma Pullman Canadian company Infinito Gold: Drop your outrageous billion-dollar lawsuit against Costa Rica! Why is this important? Right now, Calgary-based Infinito Gold is suing the Costa Rican…
The National Roundtable against Metal Mining issued the following response to the announcement of OceanaGold’s purchase this week: Multimillion dollar company purchases Pacific Rim mining company, will seek agreements with political parties to proceed with mining in the country On October 8, transnational mining company OceanaGold…
Employees at a Foxconn factory in China: the company is among the biggest users of student labour in the country. Photograph: Darley Shen/Reuters You’ll hear a lot of pieties about China this week. As George Osborne and Boris Johnson schlep from…
Today, India is a favored market for Veolia and the French water industry. This is both for commercial reasons and because public private partnerships (PPPs) in India are seen as a good opportunity to restore their international reputation and rehabilitate…
Marca el Límite en contra de la Mala Conducta de Chevron Mensaje de Ecuador a CEO de Chevron John Watson Great Moments In Stupid Chevron (Subtitulado) La verdad sobre Chevron en la Amazonía…
PRESS RELEASE: Mesa condemns attempted murder The member organizations of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining, denounce the attempted murder against Mr. Alejandro Guevara Velasco from La Maraña Environmental Association in the department of Cabañas. We would like to express…
Thursday, October 10, 2013 As organizations in Canada and Quebec, we are appalled that Calgary-based Infinito Gold has decided to sue the Government of Costa Rica for $1-billion under the Canada-Costa Rica bilateral investment treaty. This is just the latest…
A member of Venezuela’s ICSID defence team and one of the authors of the “Profiting From Injustice” report are among 12 appointees to a commission that will assess whether Ecuador should terminate its remaining bilateral investment treaties. President Rafael Correa…
The Canadian mining company said it has exhausted legal options in Costa Rica regarding a lost gold mining concession. Infinito Gold Ltd. has been embroiled in a protracted legal battle with Costa Rica over its loss of the Las Crucitas…
Rachel Connor, who sufered severe vomiting, is fighting ScottishPower over wind turbines near her home Times photographer Paul Rogers ScottishPower has been accused of contaminating a private water supply to homes in the shadow of Europe’s biggest wind farm and…
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As the second round of negotiations on the proposed EU-US trade agreementkick off in Brussels next week, a new report published by the Seattle to Brussels Network (S2B) today reveals the true human and environmental costs of an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP/TAFTA).…