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COP26: Challenging extractive greenwashing

COP26: Challenging extractive greenwashing

     Image: Boldist Here we share a summary of mining and climate-related events at the upcoming People's Summit on Climate Justice, which runs parallel to COP26. These events, organised by YLNM members and our allies, will: Expose how the mining...

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Interactive: Europe’s Extractive Frontiers

Interactive: Europe’s Extractive Frontiers

     Image: Bjørnevatn mine, Norway. Photo: Svein Lund New research by the YLNM Network has revealed a spike in the number of mining projects and massive expansion of areas under concession for mining on the island of Ireland and in Sweden, Finland and...

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Media Release: Communities expose stark realities of Lithium boom

Media Release: Communities expose stark realities of Lithium boom

On World E-mobility and Zero Emissions Day, a global network of communities directly impacted by lithium extraction have warned against drastically expanding mining in the name of green energy. Doing so risks trampling the rights of marginalised peoples and destroying ecosystems that play a vital role in regulating the global climate, they say.

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Día de Acción Global contra la Minería

Día de Acción Global contra la Minería

Para conmemorar el día, Sí a la Vida No a la Minería/Yes to Life No to Mining YLNM hace un llamamiento a todas las organizaciones miembro y aliadas para que coloquen simultáneamente pancartas en espacios comunales y las publiquen en Internet, afirmando que la nueva minería destructiva a gran escala no es bienvenida en nuestras comunidades.

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Global Day of Action against Mining

Global Day of Action against Mining

Yes to Life, No to Mining is calling on all members and allies to simultaneously join the Global Day of Action Against Mining by putting up banners in communal spaces and post them online, asserting that new, destructive, large-scale mining is not welcome in our communities.

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