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Responsible Mining: The Key to Profitable Resource Development

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Goodland, Robert. “Responsible Mining: The Key to Profitable Resource Development,” Sustainability4, no. 9 (2012): 2099-2126. Available at: http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/9/2099

'Let Us Care for Everyone's Home': The Catholic Church's Role in Keeping Gold Mining Out of El Salvador

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A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador.  Abstract: "A majority of Salvadoran citizens and political leaders alike are opposed to mining, citing the country’s environmental degradation...

El Salvador: 49 exploration permits were once approved

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Xenia Gonzales Oliva: El Diario de Hoy / Translation P. Cabezas Between 2000-2010, 49 exploration permits were approved, they are all currently under an administrative freeze.   49 applications for metal and non-metal mining are currently frozen even though the Regulatory Office of Hydr...

Environmentalists call for concrete signals of a sustainability agenda for El Salvador

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As the celebrations for World Environment Day concluded around the world on June 5th, Salvadoran environmentalist were left relishing a rarely felt sense of victory after a demonstration of more than 8000 participants was greeted at the gates of the presidential palace by a high ranking commissio...

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