... bomb. A 2010 study by El Salvador's Ministry of National Resource and the Environment (MARN) found 98 per cent of water sources were deemed to be contaminated and unfit for drinking. In 2005, when residents ...
... and food resources.
The campaign to approve a general water law received a boost in 2010 after the United Nations issued a resolution on the right to water and called for member states to “provide safe, ...
... footprint in urban and rural ecosystems. In 2010, El Salvador ranked as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world by the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) with 95% of ...
... Wilber Baires and Delfino Arteaga were convicted of his murder. Serrano was released from prison (due to over-crowding) and was killed with a machete in Agua Zarca on 12 December 2010. The same day assassins ...
... crisis if drastic measures are not taken to reverse environmental degradation caused by pollution, deforestation and the chronic dependence on carbon fuels, pesticides and other agro toxics. In 2010, a ...
... to sue our government, they should be sued,” she says. “The company should be made to pay for all the damage they’ve caused to our environment and our community.” -2010 Interview
“We reject the image ...
... agency ANDA.
The idea of a general water law received a boost in 2010 after the United Nations issued a resolution on the right to water. Following the resolution and the UN call for member states ...
... contract in 2006. In March 2010, Ecuador had lost another oil-related case – this one brought by Chevron for approximately $700 million. These two awards combined are the equivalent of approximately 3.3% ...
... United States, reported in 2010 that the Ostua river and the Guija Lake could suffer significant alterations in biodiversity. Dr. Robert Robertson, senior researcher at the University of Colorado United ...
... Rim to sue our government, they should be sued,” she says. “The company should be made to pay for all the damage they’ve caused to our environment and our community.” -2010 Interview
SANDRA CAROLINA ...
... to the Environmental Protection Agency from 1998-2010 U.S. mining accounted for 36% of all the toxic waste released in the country, more than another other industry.[8] The San Sebastian River in the ...
... been announced by ICSID in 2012, so it is not a victory for the Salvadoran state in its defense of its sovereign right to deny mining permits to the company.
In October 2010, Commerce Group, a mining ...
10 Prosecuted for murders of environmentalists
According to prosecutor’s hypothesis, none of the murders are linked to environmental activism against mining.
La Prensa Grafica By Suchit Chavez Wednesday, ...
... 12 percent had “good” quality, which shows an increase from 10 percent in 2010; that 50 percent had “average” quality; that 31 percent had “poor” quality, and 7 percent had “terrible” quality. One of ...
... where they have at least banned open-pit mining.
In 2010, the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination report classified this country as the most vulnerable in the entire world. That same ...
... on whether to ban mining. Since 2010 the Assembly has refused vote on the issue, saying they wanted to wait for the results of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) which was proposed and overseen ...
The Crime in Cabañas
Originally Published in the print newspaper Voces
February 22, 2010
Translated by Jan Morrill
Between August and December 2009 at least five people were assassinated in ...
El Salvador—Guns, Gold and Choice
In 2010 Prof. Richard Steiner, from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Commission on Environmental Economic and Social Policy, visited El ...
Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal
August 3, 2010
Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses ...
CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case
2010
Pacific Rim Mining Corp., a Canadian-based multinational firm, sought to establish a massive gold mine ...