Three weeks after Chevron failed to persuade an Ecuadorian appeals court to overturn a US$18 billion judgment against it in a landmark Amazon rainforest oil-pollution ......
Imagine a city of almost 9 million people that shuts down its only landfill overnight. That is exactly what Mexico City did last month—and nothing ......
Francisco Pineda’s well has run dry, his dehydrated cattle produce dwindling quantities of milk and his production costs have soared. “Everyone around here is desperate ......
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa extended his deadline for receiving a downpayment on US$3.6 billion in international donations that he says Ecuador must be given over ......
Under fire from international human rights and environmental organizations, Canada’s Goldcorp has struggled to improve its image in Guatemala, where its Marlin gold and silver ......
Argentine opponents of open-pit mining suffered a big blow on Dec. 29, when the southern province of Río Negro repealed a six-year-old ban on the ......
On paper, the United States’ recent decision to knock down its trade barriers to imported ethanol fuel creates an opening for Brazil, the world’s second ......
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal last month became Peru’s third environment minister amid a welter of conflicts, many concerning the impacts of mining. With residents of the northern ......
Three weeks after Chevron failed to persuade an Ecuadorian appeals court to overturn a US$18 billion judgment against it in a landmark Amazon rainforest oil-pollution ......
Imagine a city of almost 9 million people that shuts down its only landfill overnight. That is exactly what Mexico City did last month—and nothing ......
Francisco Pineda’s well has run dry, his dehydrated cattle produce dwindling quantities of milk and his production costs have soared. “Everyone around here is desperate ......
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa extended his deadline for receiving a downpayment on US$3.6 billion in international donations that he says Ecuador must be given over ......
Under fire from international human rights and environmental organizations, Canada’s Goldcorp has struggled to improve its image in Guatemala, where its Marlin gold and silver ......
Argentine opponents of open-pit mining suffered a big blow on Dec. 29, when the southern province of Río Negro repealed a six-year-old ban on the ......
On paper, the United States’ recent decision to knock down its trade barriers to imported ethanol fuel creates an opening for Brazil, the world’s second ......
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal last month became Peru’s third environment minister amid a welter of conflicts, many concerning the impacts of mining. With residents of the northern ......