Grantees Battling Newmont on Many Fronts
Newmont is common thread that connects several Greengrants grantees that have made international headlines recently.
Indonesia: Grassroots Success May Lead toward a Sea Change on Mine Waste
by Evan Jones, Greengrants Grants Manager Indonesian environmental and human rights groups earned a major victory in November, when the official results of a long-awaited study on levels of heavy metal contamination in Buyat Bay were finally released to the public. The study confirms what several grassroots groups and scores of Buyat Bay residents have […]
Peru: Newmont Relents on Mount Quilish
In a major victory for the people of Peruvian mountain towns near Newmontís massive Yanacocha mine, Newmont Mining Corporation has relented in its quest to expand the mine to Mount Quilish, a mountain that many consider sacred and where expansion would further endanger water quality and public health. Large-scale protests that mobilized 10,000 or more […]
Grantees Battle Newmont on Many Fronts
A common thread connects several Greengrants grantees that have made international headlines recently. Grassroots groups in places as far flung and culturally distinct as Peru, Romania and Indonesia have had major breakthroughs in battles to protect local lands, ecosystems and their communities from gold mining projects in which Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation has been a […]
India: Grantees Win Ban on Incineration of Immunization Waste
by Andrea West, Greengrants Grant Manager In a victory for the Indian anti-toxics movement (and several Greengrants grantees), the Indian government has ruled that medical waste from its upcoming immunization programs will not be incinerated. This decision followed a concerted international grassroots campaign to change immunization practices worldwide, particularly in developing countries. […]