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South of the Border, Mining Is King
2013-11-01 01:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Civil society groups from throughout Latin America are urging "home countries" to take greater responsibility for the actions of their companies abroad, particularly those in the extractives industry. "We would like to be able to influence policies that are being developed around the supply of minerals for various purposes - a lot of these policies are being framed as having to do with national defence, so there's practically a guarantee that these reserves must continue to be supplied," Pedro...
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Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%
2013-10-28 20:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The extent of gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has surged 400 percent since 1999 due to rocketing gold prices, wreaking havoc on forests and devastating local rivers, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The assessment, led by Greg Asner of the Carnegie Institution for Science, is based on a combination of satellite imagery, on-the-ground field surveys, and an advanced airplane-based sensor that can accurately measure the rainforest canopy...
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Destruction of Perus rainforest by illegal gold mining is twice as bad as experts thought
2013-10-28 18:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The destruction of a global biodiversity hotspot deep in the Peruvian Amazon by illegal gold mining is twice as bad as previously thought, an authoritative new study using ground-breaking technology has revealed. According to the report by the US-based Carnegie Institution for Science, 15,810 acres of rainforest in Perus Madre de Dios region, home to various nature and indigenous reserves as well as a booming eco-tourism industry, have vanished per year since the start of the 2008 global economic...
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Wisconsin GOP Aims tLimit Mining Rules & Silence Opposition
2013-10-27 02:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Progressive: The frac sand mining industry faced off with dozens of Wisconsin citizens on Thursday as the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining and Revenue held a public hearing on a bill that would severely limit local governments' abilities to protect their communities against the harmful health and environmental effects of frac sand and other non-metallic mining activities. Mining for sand used to extract natural gas and oil in the hydraulic fracturing process has become a serious...
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Greenhouse gas emissions from coal mining and gas up by 13%
2013-10-24 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Greenhouse emissions from coal mining and gas production increased by almost 13% in the year to March, offsetting declining emissions from electricity production to leave Australia's annual emissions virtually unchanged. The environment minister, Greg Hunt, claimed the result was "proof' the carbon tax -- that he intends to repeal -- has been a "pointless burden' on the economy. As Australia's coal, gas and coal seam gas production increases, so-called "fugitive' emissions released during mining...
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