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COAL MINE CAVE-IN KILLS AT LEAST 20 IN INDIA
EnviroLink Services - 28 September 2001 - A coal mine
caved in, crushing at least 20 workers today in an eastern Indian
state, officials said. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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WATER SUPPLIES ALLEGED CONTAMINATED BY PERU
GOLD MINE
Planet Ark - 28 September 2001 - Hundreds of protesters
blocked a major highway in northern Peru this week, alleging
local water supplies had been contaminated by toxic mercury
from Latin America's largest gold mine Yanacocha, but officials
denied the report. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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EUROPE PREPARES FOR WORLD SUSTAINABILITY
SUMMIT
Lycos News (ENS) - 26 September 2001 - Ministers from
across Europe as well as North America yesterday agreed a joint
statement on priorities for next September's World Sustainable
Development Summit (WSSD), which will mark the 10th anniversary
of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Further information can be obtained
from the news
article.
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THREE DEAD, NINE MISSING AFTER ALABAMA COAL
MINE FIRE
Environmental News Network (ENN) - 25 September
2001 - Three miners died and nine were missing after a coal
mine collapse and fire Sunday in Brookwood, Alabama, an official
at Walter Industries the mine's parent company, said Monday.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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UNDP HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2001
MAKING NEW TECHNOLOGIES WORK FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Technology networks are transforming the traditional map of
development, expanding people's horizons and creating the potential
to realize in a decade progress that required generations in
the past. Download the complete Human Development Report in
one big
file 
(3.3MB) or by
chapter.
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2002 WORKSHOP IN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE BOUNDARY FENCE AND BEYOND, MAY 29-31 KALGOORIE, AUSTRALIA
The Goldfields Land Rehabilitation Group (GLRG) will hold its
next biennial Workshop in May 2002. The
Workshop will be held over three days and includes paper and
poster presentations, commercial displays,
workshop sessions and excursions to mining and rehabilitation
sites of interest. For more details, click on Call
For Papers
(158 KB) or visit the GLRG website at http://www.glrg.org
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MINING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RELATED
BOOKS AVAILABLE AT THE IMAAC WEBSITE
Five books related to mining and sustainable development are
a available free of charge at the International
Materials Assessment and Application Center (IMAAC) website.
For details, click here.
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JOIN THE EARTH SUMMIT 2002 ONLINE DEBATE
AT at www.lifeonline.org/debate
Your chance to speak out on 'What Earth Summit 2002 should
be trying to achieve?' Key writers and thinkers on sustainable
development will start the debate. Everyone is encouraged to
join in.
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IISD WEB-PORTAL - WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT
IISD has created a web-portal to the World Summit on Sustainable
Development. The portal can be found at http://www.iisd.ca/wssd/portal.html
and will be a useful resource for those who working towards
next year's Summit in Johannesburg.
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NEW PAPERS ADDED TO IIED WSSD BRIEFING PAPERS
WEBSITE
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
and the Regional and International Networking Group (RING) have
produced a series of short briefing papers on key issues to
be addressed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development
(http://www.iied.org/wssd/pubs.html).
New paper added on Toxic Chemicals, plus translations into Arabic,
Portuguese and Spanish and longer versions of 6 papers.
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KENYA'S COURT STOPS TIOMIN FROM MINING
Planet Ark - 24 September 2001 - A Kenyan court issued
an injunction last week preventing Canada's Tiomin Resources
Inc. from mining titanium on Kenya's coast because of possible
environmental damage. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GROUP AIMS TO AID
MINERS
Planet Ark - 21 September 2001 - The mining
industry is facing an increasingly complex operating environment
as it bids to attract fresh investment, but a new initiative
on mining and sustainable development may help provide a solution.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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QUEENSLAND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE APPROVE MINERAL
EXPLORATION
Lycos News (ENS) - 17 September 2001 - Indigenous land
use agreements have been signed between the Kalkadoon People,
the Queensland Government and a number of mineral exploration
companies, the National Native Title Tribunal has announced.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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NEW ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICIAL TAKES
CHARGE OF ALASKA REGION
Environmental News Network (ENN) - 17 September 2001 -
The incoming head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Pacific Northwest office, which includes Alaska, pledged Friday
to strike a balance between industry and environmental interests.
Further information can be obtained from the news
article.
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SMALL AMOUNTS OF ARSENIC CAN CAUSE CANCER
Lycos News (ENS) - 13 September 2001 - The US Environmental
Protection Agency has begun a process to adopt a far stricter
standard for the amount of arsenic that will be permitted in
the nation's drinking water supplies. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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NEW CANADIAN MINE EFFLUENT STANDARDS CALLED
A WASH-OUT
Lycos News (ENS) - 03 September 2001 - A new set of
Canadian government mining effluent standard proposals, known
as the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, released in late July
has drawn the ire of environmental critics this week who say
allowable levels of toxic discharge remain too high and a critical
test is not among the requirements. Further information can
be obtained from the news
article.
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NEWSLETTER WITH ARTICLES ABOUT THE BONN NEGOTIATIONS
(Sixth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change Resumed Session Bonn, Germany;
16-27 July 2001)
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CHILE MINER LOS PELAMBRES HITS ENVIRONMENTAL
SNAG
Planet Ark - 03 September 2001 - Los Pelambres copper
mine in Chile, owned by the London-listed Antofagasta Plc ,
has run up against a snag in its expansion plans, a company
source said last week. Further information can be obtained from
the news
article.
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MINER DIES IN ACCIDENT AT REOPENED COAL MINE
EnviroLink Service - 02 September 2001 - A foot-thick
slab of rock 6 feet around fell from the roof of a coal mine
Friday, crushing a miner working in a newly opened shaft. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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MANAGERS BLAMED FOR CHINESE MINING DISASTER
BBC News - 02 September 2001 - Official reports in China
say police have arrested a group of officials in connection
with a mining disaster in which at least 80 people died. Further
information can be obtained from the news
article.
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