The Struggle for What’s Essential
Global mining companies have used the pandemic to push unwanted projects on vulnerable communities, who are fighting back — and sometimes winning.
BOOK: The Water Defenders
How ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed.
How An International Grassroots Campaign Beat Metal Mining Corporations
Against overwhelming odds, El Salvador won its long battle for water.
Taxing the Chesapeake Bay
A new government landscape threatens Maryland’s future.
Celebrating Tireless Work for El Salvador
Join IPS and Washington Ethical Society to honor three guests for their courage, commitment and service in bringing international attention to the issue of precious metal mining in developing countries worldwide.
The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining—and the World Bank—Out of El Salvador
Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold mining firm’s shakedown of one of Central America’s poorest countries.
Author Event: Blue Future
IPS senior scholar Maude Barlow talks about and signs her new book on “Protecting Water and People and the Planet Forever.”
Mining for Profits in International Tribunals – Updated
How transnational corporations use trade and investment treaties as powerful tools in disputes over oil, mining, and gas. / Como las empresas mineras transnacionales utilizan las reglas de los acuerdos de inversión y de comercio como poderosos instrumentos a su favor en las disputas por el petróleo, la minería y el gas.
America’s Other Dark Legacy In Iraq
Putting aside even Iraq’s horrifying descent into sectarian violence, the United States did a spectacularly poor job of governing the country.
Postcard from Yemen
Seventy-four percent of Yemenis live in rural areas, and the majority of those lack the same three things: electricity, clean water, and education.
Canada Should Tell Mining Firm to Stop Bullying El Salvador
Re-posted with permission from Embassy Magazine: Vancouver-based mining company Pacific Rim is butting heads with the government of El Salvador.
An Appeal to Canada to Stand with El Salvador, the First Nation to Halt Gold Mining
Representatives from IPS and other environmental and public policy organizations hold meeting at Canadian Embassy to say, “Tell Pacific Rim to stop bullying El Salvador.”
U.S. Water Policy Still All Wet
U.S. security agencies are increasingly interested in the potential for conflict over water. But Washington continues to fundamentally misunderstand the root of the problem.
Mining Gold, Undermining Democracy
Neither foreign investors nor unelected tribunals deserve the power to trump democratically elected leaders.
IPS Director Speaks Out at Pacific Rim’s Vancouver HQ
With about 200 activists from several countries, John Cavanagh denounced the firm for suing the government of El Salvador in retaliation for the denial of a mining permit.