A treaty to stop corporate crimes and impunity
EJOLT supports a worldwide campaign to stop corporate crimes and impunity by Nick on [Ejolt] Godwin Ojo from EJOLT partner ERA participated in a recent meeting from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), where a step toward a legally binding instrument to enforce human rights obligations on Transnational Corporations was taken. Here’s final statement from the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity...
12-16th August | Rosia Montana Activist Social Forum (#RMForum)
The Rosia Montana Activist Social Forum takes place during FânFest, the hay festival of Ro?ia Montan?, the biggest multi-art activist festival in Romania. 2014 marks the 3rd edition of the RMForum, which is scheduled from the 12 to the 16th of August, and the 9th edition of the festival. Rosia Montana Activist Social Forum (#RMForum) The fight against cyanide based gold mining and corruption often touches upon other initiatives,...
Ecocide, a new dimension to crime against environment
A new era in environmental protection has emerged in Nigeria and 94 other countries, where environmental violations by Transnational Corporations, especially those involved in oil and mineral exploration are rife, as new laws that stipulate stringent punishments for crimes against the environment in these countries are being worked out. by {Onche Odeh} on [daily indipendent ] This may put an end to the era when multinational oil and...
Map of most influential environmental justice conflicts in the US
The 40 most influential environmental justice conflicts in recent American history are now included in our Global Atlas of Environmental Justice . The U.S. cases were compiled by the University of Michigan’sSchool of Natural Resources and Environment. by {Nick} on [EJOLT] In the United States, decades of research have documented a strong correlation between the location of environmental burdens and the racial/ethnic background of the...
Namibia’s Uranium Rush
Uranium mining companies have been exploring the arid country of Namibia looking to open new mines. Rössing, a Rio Tinto mine has already been operational for more than 30 years. The implications this mine and future operations is explored from the perspective of the communities living nearby [EJOLT] Marta Conde, a PhD candidate at ICTA-UAB and coordinator of EJOLT’s work on nuclear energy, investigates social movements and resistance...
Environmentalists and workers of the world, unite!
The conflict between labor and the environment is a neoliberal construct. What we need is a broad coalition that can fundamentally transform production. by {Stefania Barca}* on [roarmag.org] Nowadays it sounds so familiar, almost natural: the mutually exclusive demands and apparently opposing agendas of labor and the environmentalist movement. But in fact, this artificial division is nothing more than a crucial neoliberal strategy to...
