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Affected communities protest mining companies’ damages

16th Aug 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

Women in mining-affected communities say they bear the brunt of mining activities.

Mining affected communities to picket parliament

15th Aug 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

The protest outside parliament will highlight the damage to the environment and public health that the mining industry is allowed to get away with.

Fishers urged to form alliances with mining affected communities

11th May 2022 Mzi Velapi 0

Small-scale fishers and coastal communities participated in the Alternative Mining Indaba where they shared their experiences of corporate greed with communities affected by mining.

Activists adamant against seismic survey of EC coast by Shell

29th Nov 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

The outcry against plans for an offshore seismic survey by Shell on the Eastern Cape coast is growing.

Small scale fishers and coastal communities against Karpowership project

30th Sep 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Small-scale fishers and coastal communities say that their livelihoods would be harmed by the Karpowership project.

Deep-sea mining: civil society sounds the alarm on the threat posed to biodiversity

20th Sep 2021 Equal Times 0

Sometimes referred to as the ‘oil of the 21st century’, metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese are used to make the batteries that power […]

Bernard Duterme: “The environmental movement must be urgently decolonised”

25th Jan 2021 Equal Times 0

We may all be in the same boat, but not all of us have access to the lifeboats. This expression, borrowed from the Cameroonian economist […]

Argentina at an energy crossroads: the role of trade unions in building a just transition

14th Dec 2020 Equal Times 0

Argentina is at a crossroads. The repercussions of the pandemic look set to worsen the socio-economic crisis already looming over the country and are having […]

The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure

9th Oct 2020 Equal Times 0

Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]

Ex-mineworkers vow to continue fighting despite COVID-19 outbreak

13th May 2020 Mzi Velapi 0

Ex-mineworkers in South Africa and in the region say they will continue fighting for what is due to them amid the coronavirus outbreak

Is the EU locking into natural gas despite its promise to lead the global phase-out of fossil fuels?

10th Mar 2020 Equal Times 0

At the north-western tip of Krk, Croatia’s largest island and a top tourist destination, a jetty is being built and pipes are being laid down […]

The Donetsk People’s Republic, a state under construction or a ghost state?

2nd Mar 2020 Equal Times 0

The huge administrative building gives a feeling of emptiness as you enter. Dressed in military fatigues, a soldier keeps the visitor’s register. “Passport!” he says […]

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