metal mining – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png metal mining – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/how-local-grassroots-organizing-drove-el-salvadors-mining-ban/ Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:49:19 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/how-local-grassroots-organizing-drove-el-salvadors-mining-ban/ by Yevgeniya Yatsenko and Sebastian Rosemont

Amid a natural gas boom, could U.S. activists ever dream of a national ban on fracking? If it seems impossible, they should look to the south for inspiration. On March 29, the small Central American nation of El Salvador passed a total ban on metal mining. The historic vote on the law was unanimous, bridging strong partisan divides, and was the culmination of more than a decade of activism, coalition building, and direct political participation by the people of El Salvador.]]> by Yevgeniya Yatsenko and Sebastian Rosemont

Amid a natural gas boom, could U.S. activists ever dream of a national ban on fracking? If it seems impossible, they should look to the south for inspiration.

On March 29, the small Central American nation of El Salvador passed a total ban on metal mining. The historic vote on the law was unanimous, bridging strong partisan divides, and was the culmination of more than a decade of activism, coalition building, and direct political participation by the people of El Salvador.

]]> El Salvador Makes History: First Nation to Ban Metal Mining https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/el-salvador-makes-history-first-nation-ban-metal-mining/ Mon, 26 Jun 2017 13:45:16 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/el-salvador-makes-history-first-nation-ban-metal-mining/ by Ricardo Navarro and Sam Cossar

El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining. The success of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win. This is the story of how the people of El Salvador took on mining giants. Mining has a dark history in El Salvador. Years of unregulated, pro-investor policies coupled with rapid industrialization has led to the widespread contamination of rivers and surface water, poisoning people and destroying farm lands.]]> by Ricardo Navarro and Sam Cossar

El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining.

The success of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win.

This is the story of how the people of El Salvador took on mining giants.

Mining has a dark history in El Salvador. Years of unregulated, pro-investor policies coupled with rapid industrialization has led to the widespread contamination of rivers and surface water, poisoning people and destroying farm lands.

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