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Uruguayan Pulp Mill Conflict - ICJ RULES ON PULP MILL CASE: World Bank’s IFC, Nordea, Calyon and Finnvera Complicit in Violations of International Law

April 20, 2010 – The Hague - With nearly a 4-year road block firmly in place on the Argentine Uruguayan border in protest over a World Bank (IFC-financed) Finnish pulp mill, the long-awaited International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict came in today, clearly legitimizing local protests and indicating that Uruguay violated international law in the unilateral decision to allow the Finnish mega pulp mill Uy Metsa Botnia to go up on the border.

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Guiding Energy Policy at the World Bank Group

The world’s energy grid, as it stands today, is one of the principal causes of climate change. The World Bank is in an extremely advantageous position to make a substantial contribution to our global climate and energy challenge by devising an appropriate climate friendly energy policy.

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Barrick Gold’s Pascua Lama and Veladero Projects Local Assemblies Flourish Against Mining Investments

While the Argentine Secretary for Mining and dozens of provincial mining authorities projected images of a mining-intensive and mining-friendly investment climate at the 9th Annual International Convention and Trade Show of Prospectors and Developers in Toronto, Canada, yet another so called Self-Convened Assembly of local residents (this time of Tudcum Argentina)...

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Community Youth March Against Yamana’s Agua Rica

Nearly one month after violence erupted in a local mountain community of Andalgalá calling for the divestment of Yamana Gold’s newest Agua Rica gold mining project, the youth of Andalgalá took to the plaza in school uniform, to voice their opposition to gold mining in their vicinity.

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Community affected by Barrick Gold marches against Veladero and Pascual Lama Mines

Rising cases of diarrhea, leukemia, recurring and persistent drought, the appearance of putrid mud on river banks, the disappearance of local fauna and flora, consistently falling crop yields, and a general reduction in water supply, have culminated(exhausted) the patience of local communities in mining enclaves of the Andes...

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Ice Shelves Disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula: Glacier Retreat and Sea Level Rise Are Possible Consequences

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2010) — Ice shelves are retreating in the southern section of the Antarctic Peninsula due to climate change, according to new data. This could result in glacier retreat and sea-level rise if warming continues, threatening coastal communities and low-lying islands worldwide, experts say.

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Judge orders Yamana Gold to Suspend Prospecting of Agua Rica
due to Uproar and Violence in Argentine Community

February 16, 2010 – Catamarca Argentina - The national Argentine daily newspaper Crítica reported today that federal and local police “ferociously reprimanded”[1] stakeholders of Yamana Gold’s Agua Rica project in the local community of Andalgalá, Catamarca, a small mountain village in Argentina, near one of Latin America’s largest gold mine operations, La Alumbrera, also partially owned by Yamana Gold. Local judge Guillermo Raul Cerda ordered a shut-down of Yamana’s prospecting on Agua Rica until peace can be restored.

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CLAIMS AGAINST FORMER ARGENTINE ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY ROMINA PICOLOTTI
THROWN OUT OF COURT IN FIRST ROUND OF HEARINGS

19th February, 2010, Cordoba. In a first round of hearings, a federal judge ruled today that evidence presented by the federal prosecutor alleging misappropriation of funds by former Cordoba Mayor Luis Juez, which had been provided for environmental works by former Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti, have no merit.

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