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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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Thousands march in Romania against shale gas, gold mine
2013-10-27 15:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Thousands of Romanians rallied on Sunday against a controversial Canadian gold mine project and against shale gas exploration, in weekly demos that have turned into one of the country's longest-running protests in years. In Bucharest, some 2,500 people marched on the government's offices, chanting "Resign!, an AFP reporter saw. The protest marked the ninth consecutive Sunday that Romanians have taken to the streets to voice their anger over the mine planned by Canada's Gabriel Resources, a...
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Romania split over Europe's biggest gold mine
2013-10-27 05:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aljazeera: Andrei Gruber lights a cigarette and points through his kitchen window to where a Canadian mining firm wants to set up Europe's biggest open cast gold mine and change the face of this sleepy Romanian town forever. The 28-year-old knows mining well. Gruber's ancestors came to Rosia Montana hundreds of years ago to scour the hills for precious metals. But a scheme by Gabriel Resources is bigger and more destructive than anything this community has seen before. "Mining is what created Rosia Montana,...
Money does grow on trees: Gold found in tree leaves, leads to vast hidden underground deposits
2013-10-23 16:11:51| Extremetech
Forget everything your parents ever taught you about managing your finances: Down under in Australia, scientists have found money growing on trees. Not paper money, of course, but eucalyptus leaves that are imbued with small amounts of pure gold. These gilded leaves can help gold exploration companies discover new, underground gold deposits in difficult-to-reach locations.
Thousands protest in Romania against shale gas, gold mine
2013-10-19 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thousands of Romanians protested on Saturday against plans by U.S. energy group Chevron to explore for shale gas in a poor eastern region and a Canadian company's project to set up Europe's biggest open cast gold mine in a Carpathian town. Plans by the leftist government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta to approve the tapping of natural resources in the European Union's second-poorest state have triggered nationwide protests since the start of September, throwing together local communities, environmentalists,...
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