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Rapu-Rapu island mining

Feature story | 29 May, 2006 at 2:00

As the Esperanza begins its work in the Mediterranean we take a look ahead at developments in a region the ship will visit later in the tour.The Lafayette open pit mine area occupies 180 hectares (445 acres) of the Philippine island Rapu Rapu. ...

From cyanide gold mine to protected historical site. How people power saved Roșia Montană

Blog entry by Madalina Preda | 5 February, 2016 1 comment

For the past 15 years, Canadian mining firm Gabriel Resources has been trying to obtain a permit to extract 300 tonnes of gold from underneath Roșia Montană, a picturesque village in western Romania, with a population of almost 4,000...

The Real Face of the Kangaroo

Publication | 1 March, 2000 at 1:00

After the major cyanide spill which killed virtually all life in Hungary's second largest river, the Tisza, Greenpeace sent an international crew to the place oforigin of the spill in Romania to witness and document the situation through...

Daily News: Japan scraps plans to build new nuclear reactors, while Chile approves...

Blog entry by Alexa P | 11 May, 2011 2 comments

Top news: Japanese Prime Minister abandons plans to build 14 new nuclear reactors; five hydroelectric dams are approved by Chilean authorities; Greenpeace exposes cover-ups at a German nuclear plant; Turkey faces a potentially...

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