Comisión de biodiversidad fiscalizará a sectores minero, petrolero, hidrocarburos e hidroeléctricas en Ecuador
Comunicado de Prensa Bnamericas Publicado: lunes, 20 septiembre, 2021 Comunidad Asamblea Nacional Con ocho votos, la Comisión de Biodiversidad resolvió iniciar el proceso de fiscalización a los sectores estratégicos y la regularización ambiental a todo tipo de minería en Ecuador; el seguimiento y control de concesiones mineras y plantas de beneficios; así como, en los […]
Read MoreEl problemático proyecto minero de Llurimagua en Ecuador
Ahora que el arbitraje internacional solicitado por la gigante minera chilena Codelco contra el Ecuador está generando interés, me parece que es el momento perfecto para informar un poco al público sobre lo que hay detrás del arbitraje, y llamar la atención a la prensa por la información tan chapucera sobre este proyecto minero.
Read MoreNew president proposes ban on open pit mining in Ecuador
Unlike all the B.S. the pro-mining press is reporting on about Lasso’s friendly mining agenda, just days before the second round of elections, on this pre-election article by Ecuador’s largest newspaper, candidate Guillermo Lasso proposes to ban open pit mining in the country and instead, support tourism. Guillermo Lasso plantea prohibir la minería en cielo […]
Read MoreWhen I think of the copper laying below Intag’s forests
When I think of the copper laying beneath Intag’s cloud forests the last thing I think about is clean energy for the poor of our planet. I know better. Rather, I think of death. I think of contamination of pristine rivers and streams with arsenic and lead that will last a thousand years. Of acid […]
Read MoreCODELCO ABOUT TO FINANCE CATASTROPHIC MINE IN ECUADOR
Copper mine would deforest thousand of hectares of primary forest that are home to hundreds of species in danger of extinction, contaminate rivers and streams with heavy metals, and relocate hundreds of families from four to six communities(1). An American expert concluded that it is the most dangerous mine he has ever evaluated in his years as a consultant.(2)
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