Environment / Mining
Articles about Mining, ordered by date. 
The people's campaign: Lock that gate
Reports on the fightback from Australia.
The frack files
The lowdown on fracking and why communities around the world are so against it. The myths, the science, the history, the empty promises, the facts – all in this handy primer written by environmental researcher Danny Chivers.
Facing the vultures
Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.
Introducing... The Eight Great Greenwashers
Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of corporations co-opting 'sustainability'
How do you sleep at night, Mr Davis?
Two dead, 100 injured – this is the way Swiss mining giant Xstrata does ‘community relations’ in Peru, while boss Mick Davis is in line for a $44 million bonus.
Kimberley Process 'whitewashes' blood diamonds
Aoife Allen describes how The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is not doing enough to clean up the gems trade.
Peruvians rise up against the mines
The scale of indigenous-led protests against mining in southern Peru took most by surprise. Vanessa Baird on what led to such flare-ups.
Avatar for real
From Canada to Congo, from India to Australia, indigenous communities are fighting for their lives and livelihoods.
Vedanta undermined!
Victory for the hill tribes of India in a David and Goliath battle.
A Canadian filmmaker wins damages from the government
Canadian ambassador to Guatemala guilty of slander
Don Blankenship
Big coal equals big profits, so Don Blankenship doesn’t worry too much about pollution.
Leave it in the ground!
Activists Nnimmo Bassey and Mel Evans report from the frontline.
Toxic blocks
No-one said oil was clean. But Ecuador’s experience of extracting fossil fuels is about as bad as it gets, reports David Ransom.
Yasuní – is this the way beyond petroleum?
Is Ecuador’s bold proposal not to exploit a billion barrels of oil in the Yasuní National Park a serious option for combating climate change? If so, the world is going to have to move fast, warns Vanessa Baird.
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