This February 6th 2017, leaders of the Association of those Affected by the Hydroelectric Project el Quimbo (ASOQUIMBO) were summoned to Court for a Preliminary Hearing to decide whether or not to dismiss charges that had been initiated against…
An earlier proposal to block all metals mining in El Salvador has stagnated for years in Congress without being discussed. The movement against destructive mining activity in El Salvador received a boost Monday as leaders of the…
Peasants, Family Farmers, Indigenous Peoples, Quilombolas, Collective Land Users, Fisherfolk, Social Pastorals, Civil Society organizations including FASE, supporters of the National Campaign for the Defense of the Cerrado; representatives of Mozambican peasant communities, Japanese environmental activist, as well as…
Bernardo Belloso, miembro de la Mesa Nacional frente a la Minería, exige a los diputados que conforman la comisión de medio ambiente la aprobación de una ley que prohiba la exploración y explotación minera en El Salvador.
#RocheGreedKills 7th February 2017 Today we stand together as women living with cancer, families of people with cancer, activists, scientists, researchers and health professionals from across the world. Together we demand that no woman go without…
Through a quietly released official announcement, the Federal Environment Secretary of Argentina, Sergio Bergman, informed that Argentina’s National Glacier Inventory has just completed a glacier count in the controversial Famatina Mountains, and that the National Glacier Institute (the IANIGLA) recognizes…
Let’s put a stop to the WTO’s agenda and to Free Trade Agreements and investment provisions! Let’s build commercial relations that serve peoples’ interests and protect the environment! In 2017, let’s bring the ‘battle in Seattle’ to…
by Pratap Chatterjee, Special to CorpWatch As many as 3,500 Bangladeshi workers are reported to have been suspended or fired for taking part in protests against sweatshop wages at garment factories on the outskirts of Dhaka over the last six…
On November 05th 2015 the lives of thousands of people was deeply violated after the collapse of the Samarco dam in Mariana. The MAB (Dams´ Victims Movement) held a demonstration that followed the reverse mud movement up…
Quito, 13th of January 2017 Dearest friends, We want to publicly acknowledge the thousands of letters, embraces and messages that we have received from every corner of the world. We have, indeed, received an answer that for…
NICK VISSER THE HUFFINGTON POST KICK BIG POLLUTERS OUT “This is a huge victory for democracy,” a corporate watchdog group said of the court ruling. Exxon Mobil Corp. encountered a major setback on Wednesday when a Massachusetts judge ordered the…
PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR rafael.correa@presidencia.gob.ec WALTER GARCIA Minister of the Environment walter.garcia@ambiente.gob.ec wgarcia@ambiente.gob.ec Minister of the Interior fuentesd@outlook.com CC: presidencia@accionecologica.org 23rd December 2016 In response to the request for an administrative proceeding of closure…