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History made: 🇵🇹 takes lead in effort to stop deep-sea mining

While countries like Spain and France have adopted parliamentary resolutions in opposition to deep-sea mining, is - so far - the only European country to have translated these concerns into a binding law to adopt a deep-sea mining moratorium.

@greenpeace @mongabay

oceanographicmagazine.com/news

Oceanographic · History made: Portugal takes lead in effort to stop deep-sea mining - OceanographicPortugal has made history and taken leadership on ocean advocacy in Europe, becoming the first to adopt moratorium on deep-sea mining
#DeepSeaMining#oceans#OceanConservation
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Africa: U.S. Declares Interest in Developing African Mining Sector: [VOA] Cape Town, South Africa -- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in developing the mining sector in Africa. On the first day of his second term, Trump signed an executive order focusing on minerals, mineral extraction, and mineral processing. newsfeed.facilit8.network/THtT #AfricaMining #MiningSector #USAfricaRelations #TrumpAdministration #MineralExtraction

DoomsdaysCW

#Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion #mining industry built on #Indigenous land

A new report says that it’s only a fraction of the almost $2 trillion the state has made on #StolenLand.

By Taylar Dawn Stagner ● Environment, Tribes ● July 8, 2024

"Skiing, hiking, and other outdoor recreational pastimes have lent Colorado a woodsy — and environmentally friendly — reputation. This image is at odds with the state’s first and biggest industry: #MineralExtraction. From 1858 to 2022, mineral extraction in Colorado has amounted to a $546 billion dollar industry. The state remains one of the leaders in #coal and #gold, but the state is also home to #oil, natural #gas, #limestone, and #helium mining.

"Contrary to the carefree spirit of those outdoor activities that the state is known for, the growth of mining, and the development of its extractive practices, all have origins in the #genocide and forced displacement of #IndigenousPeoples native to the region. A new report by a nonprofit organization called People of the Sacred Land traces the history of how state and federal officials have 'systematically undermined Tribal #sovereignty and #Native self-governance through tactics like genocide and illegal land dispossession to exploit the wealth and resources of Tribal Nations.'"

[...]

"Starting in the late 18th century, a series of legislations established that settlers could not purchase land in the Colorado territory, but many settlers did so anyway, buying land from territorial governments and effectively excluding the tribes from the process. The report names #Denver, #Boulder, #ColoradoSprings, and #PuebloColorado as illegally established on #unceded Native lands. The United States was supposed to protect land belonging to tribes, but as settlers were drawn to the area via the gold rush, the United States failed to protect the land and eventually stopped trying, according to the report.

"In the mid 1800s, tribes were often removed from their land under the threat of violence, or coerced into signing treaties under duress to make room for more settlers, who were interested in the newly established Colorado Territory. But the tribes were never fairly compensated.

[...]

"Colorado’s long history of mining has contributed to #deforestation and water and #AirPollution. 'Mining is an inherently destructive and invasive process, and it continues to impact the surrounding land, water, atmosphere, flora, and fauna long after sites have been abandoned.' the report said. Even unused mines still pose a danger to the environment. Currently there are 23,000 abandoned mines that impair the water quality of streams in Colorado."

Read more:
grist.org/indigenous/colorado-

#InformedConsent #StolenLand #CorporateColonialism #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #LandBack
#WaterIsLife #IndigenousLands #IndigenousRights

Grist · Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous landBy Taylar Dawn Stagner
DoomsdaysCW

#Sami activist sets up camp outside #Norway parliament to protest #WindTurbines

By Gwladys Fouche

September 11, 2023

OSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - “An Indigenous Sami activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament on Monday to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by Sami #reindeer herders, saying he will stay there as long as the turbines remain in place.

“Norway's supreme court in October 2021 ruled that two wind farms built at Fosen in central Norway, part of Europe's largest onshore wind farm, violated Sami rights under international conventions. But the turbines remain in operation today.

“The Fosen case is one of many conflicts that Norway has yet to resolve, with #ClimateChange and technology enabling #MineralExtraction, #EnergyProduction and #tourism while also threatening #TraditionalWays of life.

“The government has said that the supreme court, while ruling that the licenses of the two farms were illegal, did not give instructions on what to do next and that the conflict should be resolved through talks.

“‘It has been 700 days of human rights abuse and the Norwegian state has not done anything to stop it. So I have chosen to come here and set up camp until the human rights abuse stops,' Sami activist #MihkkalHaetta, 22, told Reuters, dressed in a traditional gakti outfit worn inside out as a sign of protest.

“‘I believe that there is only one solution and that is to tear down the wind turbines at Fosen.'

“In February #IndigenousProtesters including Haetta occupied the lobby of the #oil and energy ministry before police removed them.

“They later occupied the entrances of 10 ministries and were joined by #Greta Thunberg, who said #HumanRights had to go hand-in-hand with #ClimateProtection and #ClimateAction.

“Since the protests, the government and the reindeer-herding families affected by the #FosenWindFarm have been involved in mediation to resolve the conflict but no concrete measures have been announced yet.

“The reindeer herders have said the only solution to the conflict is that the turbines be torn down.

'We still hope that the mediation process will be able to lead to an amicable solution to the matter. It would be the best for all parties,' Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters in an emailed statement.

“’It is too early to say anything concrete about when a solution might be in place, but I am focused that the mediation track can be followed as long as there is hope for a solution.'

“About Monday's protest, Aasland said 'the right to free expression is a founding democratic right I have great respect for’.”

reuters.com/world/europe/sami-

Reuters · Sami activist sets up camp outside Norway parliament to protest wind turbinesBy Gwladys Fouche
#CulturalGenocide#IndigenousActivism#EnvironmentalRacism
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