La enormemente sobredimensionada cría porcina existente en la comarca de Osona produce un residuo en forma de purines que contamina gravemente los suelos y los acuíferos de toda la zona. El resultado es que más del 50% de las fuentes de agua de Osona están contaminadas por los nitratos provenientes de los purines y no [...]
El embalse de Flix ha estado recibiendo los impactos de la industria química tóxica durante más de un siglo. Más de 700.000 metros cúbicos de residuos tóxicos que contienen sustancias como el mercurio, el cadmio y otros compuestos organoclorados tóxicos, han sido vertidos por Ercros al río Ebro. Ercros S.A es considerada la empresa de [...]
Dragon's blood latex has been used since ancient times by indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin because of its anti-inflammatory and cicatrizing properties. It´s obtained from a variety of species of an Amazonian tree called Croton lechleri. In 1991 the pharmaceutical company called Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc. came to the province of Pastaza (located in the [...]
Dragon's blood latex has been used since ancient times by indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin because of its anti-inflammatory and cicatrizing properties. It´s obtained from a variety of species of an Amazonian tree called Croton lechleri. In 1991 the pharmaceutical company called Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc. came to the province of Pastaza (located in the [...]
The Cosmos cement plant was built in Córdoba in the 1930s. At the time it was far from the city, but as the city grew, residential neighborhoods were built around the cement plant. There are 300 potentially affected people that live in the surrounding area. There have been many protests from the neighbors who are [...]
The Cosmos cement plant was built in Córdoba in the 1930s. At the time it was far from the city, but as the city grew, residential neighborhoods were built around the cement plant. There are 300 potentially affected people that live in the surrounding area. There have been many protests from the neighbors who are [...]
This is an environmental justice conflict taking place in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, with complaints from civil society organizations against the Lafarge cement factory (owned by Holcim). Lafarge Cementos is a cement company that acquired the factory that was first established in Montcada i Reixac in 1917. In 2007, the company asked for permission [...]
This is an environmental justice conflict taking place in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, with complaints from civil society organizations against the Lafarge cement factory (owned by Holcim). Lafarge Cementos is a cement company that acquired the factory that was first established in Montcada i Reixac in 1917. In 2007, the company asked for permission [...]
Guatemala for almost twenty years is taking out an energy plan seeking for transition towards renewable hydroelectric energy. But this great plan is in the meantime leading to social conflicts and environmental destruction for the mere benefit of the large companies investing in the wmarket. This is the case of the construction project “REBORN” (RENACE [...]
