China’s coal support continues with $31bn finance promise
China provisions up to $31 billion in potential finance for new coal projects.
China provisions up to $31 billion in potential finance for new coal projects.
Indigenous heritage protection has become a hot-button issue since miner Rio Tinto legally destroyed culturally significant rock shelters for an iron ore mine 18 months ago.
Colombia has long sought to tap its gold, copper and other mineral deposits, especially with the bleak outlook for coal.
The government plans to start discussions with businesses on the outlines of carbon regulations, possibly including a tax.
The bill will focus on reaching an agreement with Aboriginal groups and on obtaining full, prior and informed consent for development of projects.
People are buying electric vehicles now, partly because the climate is simmering closer to a boil and partly because the auto industry is finally making appealing battery-powered machines in volume.
In 2018 the community succeeded in convincing a lower court to reverse dozens of previously granted mining concessions along the Aguarico river, arguing they had not been properly consulted about the developments.
Nickel and zinc may not spring to mind when most people think of critical minerals, but as far as the United States is concerned, they both are, writes Andy Home.
No other nations have added more coal-fired power-plant capacity in the past decade than the two countries.
Four people, including one soldier, were shot dead and 14 others wounded during a demonstration in Durba town, on Oct. 22.