environment
Ngā Toki Whakarururanga | 2-May-2025
Aussie mining billionaire sues Australia for A$420 billion... Yes, this could happen in Aotearoa!!!
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Australia ,
climate ,
environment ,
indigenous peoples ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
New Zealand
Colorado Environmental Law Journal | 29-Apr-2025
This paper explores the origins of international investment law and their implications for foreign investment protection law and policy in the twenty-first century.
CEPR | 2-Apr-2025
Ecuador’s free trade agreement with Canada presents a glaring conflict of interest for President Noboa, whose family, one of Ecuador’s wealthiest, has a sizable financial stake in a Canada-based mining company.
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Canada ,
Ecuador ,
environment ,
human rights ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
sovereignty | democracy
Business Human Rights Journal | 1-Apr-2025
The urgent demand for critical minerals has led to the expansion of mining operations, often accompanied by significant human rights and environmental abuses that cause social unrest and spark disputes between states and foreign investors.
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environment ,
human rights ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
mining ,
Panama
Mining Weekly | 19-Mar-2025
Morocco-focused potash development company Emmerson has drawn down the first tranche of funding under the Capital Provision Agreement, which will provide the company with up to $11-million in both litigation finance capital and working capital.
Médias24 | 18-Mar-2025
La compagnie minière Emmerson a procédé à l’activation de la première tranche de son financement dédié à son recours suite à son différend avec le Maroc concernant l’autorisation environnementale d’une mine de potasse dans la province de Khémisset.
Land and Climate Review | 10-Mar-2025
Exxon owes the people of Groningen millions in compensation for damage caused by gas extraction. Thanks to an obscure legal instrument, it could be the residents of the province that end up compensating the fossil fuel giant.
The Guardian | 7-Mar-2025
Companies can sue governments for closing oilfields and mines – and the risk of huge damages is already stopping countries from passing green laws, ministers say.
Inside Climate News | 7-Mar-2025
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
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actions | resistance ,
Canada ,
Ecuador ,
environment ,
indigenous peoples ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
Latin America ,
mining
The Guardian | 5-Mar-2025
The island is being sued by a mining company over its decision, and faces paying nine times its annual budget in damages if it loses.
