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La Fiscalรญa Provincial se abstuvo deย impugnar la sentencia de segunda instancia que confirmaba la inocencia de todas las y los comuneros de Urinsaya.

La Fiscalรญa Provincial se abstuvo deย impugnar la sentencia de segunda instancia que confirmaba la inocencia de todas las y los comuneros de Urinsaya.

Alcalde de Pasco demanda a minera Volcan para exigir justicia ambiental por contaminaciรณn en Cerro de Pasco

New Mexicoโ€™s Regulator Sued for Failure to Hold Oil and Gas Companies Accountable for Well Cleanup

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  • Criminalizaciรณn de ronderos de Chumuch

    Status: Ongoing
    Issues: EarthRights Defenders

    Paรญs: Distrito de Chumuch, provincia de Celendรญn, departamento de Cajamarca, Perรบ. Resumen El presente caso resulta de las diversas denuncias pรบblicas de las y los defensores ambientales del distrito de Chumuch en contra del consorcio minero โ€œAMPAGOโ€, el cual estuvo realizando actos de minerรญa ilegal y de contaminaciรณn ambiental en el territorio, lo que representรณ…

  • County of Roanoke v. Moore

    Status: Closed
    Issues: Climate Justice & Accountability, EarthRights Defenders

    County of Roanoke v. Moore Defending climate defenders opposing the Mountain Valley Pipeline Case Name: County of Roanoke v. Moore Complaint Summary: On June 30, 2021, three climate defenders under the label of โ€œOld Folks Resistโ€ engaged in a protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in Virginia, locking themselves down to a car on…

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  • EarthRights International v. U.S. Department of Interior and Us Department of Treasury (FOIA)๏ฟผ

    Status: Ongoing
    Issues: Corporate Accountability

    SUMMARY This case is brought under the Freedom of Information Act (โ€œFOIAโ€) against the Department of the Interior and the Department of Treasury, seeking documents and other records relating to the Trump Administrationโ€™s 2017 decision to withdraw the United States from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (โ€œEITIโ€), a global anti-corruption initiative that the U.S. has…

  • Salcido-Romo v. Southern Copper Corp.

    Status: Closed
    Issues: Corporate Accountability

    Header photo credit: PODER SUMMARY On August 6, 2014, over 10 million gallons of toxic mining waste spilled from the Buenavista del Cobre mine complex in Sonora, Mexico, operated by a subsidiary of Southern Copper Corp. The toxic waste spilled into a tributary of the Sonora River and ended up polluting nearly 120 miles of…

  • Marginalised Affected Property Owners v. BSG Resources

    Status: Ongoing
    Issues: Corporate Accountability, EarthRights Defenders

    Case Status: Closed Issues: Corporate Accountability Earth Rights Defenders SUMMARY When Koidu Limited took over the Koidu Kimberlite Mine in Sierra Leone, it promised community members in the Gbense and Tankoro Chiefdoms that upcoming expansions to the mine would bring wealth and jobs to the community. It agreed to mitigate the harm from the mine…