Resources
New Research Article:”(Counter)mapping renewables: Space, justice, and politics of wind and solar power in Mexico”
By Sofia Avila, Yannick Deniau, Alevgul H. Sorman and James McCarthy. Find the full Research Article here: https://doi.org/10.1177/25148486211060657 Abstract The ongoing expansion of renewable energies entails major spatial reconfigurations with social, environmental, and political dimensions. These …
New article: ‘We are the oceans, we are the people!’: fisher people’s struggles for blue justice
By Irmak Ertör Available at the Journal of Peasant Studies In the EJAtlas, as a whole, by November 2021 there are 134 cases of conflicts around the world on Fish and/or Shrimp …
Environmental justice and corporate social irresponsibility: the case of the mining company Vale S.A.
By Beatriz Macchione Saes, Daniela Del Bene, Raquel Neyra, Lucrecia Wagner and Joan Martínez-Alier. Available to read here. OR https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422asoc20210014vu2021L4ID Abstract After the Vale’s tailings dam failure in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais) in …
Counter-reporting Sustainability from the Bottom up: the Case of the Construction Company WeBuild and Dam-related Conflicts
By Antonio Bontempi, Daniela Del Bene & Louisa Jane Di Felice. Available at the Journal of Business Ethics (2021) Abstract Controversies around large-scale development projects offer many cases and insights which may be analyzed through the lenses …
Extractivist growth and alternatives from below: Why we can’t mine our way out of the climate crisis.
The recorded event session is available now here. On Sunday 7 November 2021 we were part of this event that the Yes to Life, No to Mining Network and allies brought …
New Report Maps Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition in the Americas
On the heels of COP-26, where global leaders agreed to make unprecedented investments in the energy transition, frontline communities already in the crosshairs of mining for critical minerals warn of …
Nuevo Informe: Mapeo de Resistencia frente a los Impactos y Discursos de la Minería para la Transición Energética en las Américas
Un nuevo mapa interactivo e informe destaca los impactos negativos de la minería “verde” en el continente americano y las comunidades que se organizan para una transición justa. Días después de …
Mapping the Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition: Communities Speak Out
Global launch of a new interactive map November 23, 20211pm San Francisco/Vancouver | 4pm Montreal | 6pm Santiago/Buenos AiresFree registration | Facebook Affected communities, researchers, and international civil society organizations collaborate to launch a new Environmental Justice Atlas Interactive …
On thin ice – The Arctic commodity extraction frontier and environmental conflicts
Recently published research in the magazine Ecological Economics about the socio-environmental conflicts and extractive projects in the Arctic region. Authors: Ksenija Hanaček, Markus Kröger, Arnim Scheidel, Facundo Rojas and Joan Martinez-Alier Abstract This …
