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Sources Select ResourcesAustralian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in AfricaSchilis-Gallego, Cecile Article 2015 The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Schilis-Gallego discusses Australian mining companies' involvement in violence and human rights violations in Africa. Beyond capitalist green economy: In defence of Mother Earth and the commonsDemocratic Left Front Article 2012 Pambazuka News The Democratic Left Front calls for action against destructive corporate interests that are driving the commercialisation and commodification of the natural environment. Bolivian reality versus the 'extractivism' debateFuentes, Federico Article 2014 Climate & Capitalism Some left critics of progressive governments in South America point to differences between 'pro-extractivists' and 'anti-extractivists.' Federico Fuentes says that framework hinders real understanding... Climate Change as a Class IssueColes, Nick Article 2013 Working-Class Perspectives Protesting PNC Bank in Pittsburgh financing of mountain-top removal (MTR) coal mining across Appalachia. MTR causes increased cancer rates and birth defects, as well as massive environmental degradati... Climate Crisis, the Deindustrialization Imperative and the Jobs vs. Environment DilemmaSmith, Richard Article 2014 Truthout So long as we live under capitalism, today, tomorrow, next year and every year thereafter, economic growth will always be the overriding priority till we barrel right off the cliff to collapse. Coal plant threatens world's largest mangrove forest - and Bangladesh's futureRahman, Mowdud; Aitken, Greg Article 2015 Ecologist As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the worl. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the worl... Fatal ExtractionAustralian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Unclassified 2015 The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Australian-listed mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and alleged injustices which wouldn’t be tolerated in better-regulated nations. The stories are from people across Africa, and are r... Australian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in AfricaFatal Extraction: Australian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Fitzgibbon, Will; Hamilton, Martha M.; Schilis-Gallego, Cécile Unclassified 2015 The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists A pattern of links between mining activities and deaths, disfigurement, environmental destruction and displacement suggests a troubling track record for Australian companies seeking wealth from Africa... In China's Inner Mongolia, mining spells misery for traditional herdersDenyer, Simon Article 2015 Washington Post China's relentless drive for minerals is wreaking havoc on pastoral lifestyles. Investigation Reveals 'Environmental Ruin' And Workers Rights AbusesFitzgibbon, Will Article 2015 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Broken promises to impoverished communities, serious environmental concerns and poor health and safety records linked to Australian mining companies have all been revealed by Africa’s largest ever col... Latin American progressives and environmental duplicityMacmillen, Daniel Article 2014 The Ecologist Left wing governments across the Americas are faced with a dilemma - high social spending programs financed by income from destructive mining and hydrocarbon extraction - or a slower but sustainable d... Polish farmers threaten uprising over opencast coalmine Neslen,Arthur Article 2014 The Guardian Heinz unites with farmers in rebellion against plan to build a vast lignite mine and power plant on farming land in western Poland. The Politics of PachamamaNatural Resource Extraction vs. Indigenous Rights and the Environment in Latin America Dangel, Benjamin Article 2014 CounterPunch While many economies and citizens have benefitted from the state’s larger involvement in the extraction of these resources, extractivism under progressive governments, as it had under neoliberalism, s... Reclaiming the Commons in AppalachiaProperty is Theft Mincy, Grant Article 2014 CounterPunch The extractive resource industry has a firm hold on the wild, wonderful, but wounded Appalachians. The use of eminent domain and compulsory pooling has robbed communities of their cultural and natural... Salvadorans Warn Canadians about World Bank's Kangaroo CourtGuerra, Rene Article 2015 TeleSUR In anticipation of an imminent ruling from the World Bank's little known investor-state arbitration tribunal that could force El Salvador to pay Canadian mining firm OceanaGold US$301 million, a Salva... This Changes EverythingLewis, Avi (director); Klein, Naomi (narrator) Film/Video 2015 Directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything, the film presents portraits of communities on the front lines, from Montana’s Powder River Basin to the Alberta Tar S... |
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