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El Salvador Has to Fight Local Water-Polluting Gold Mine in International Court
11:46 am in Business & Politics, el salvador, latin america, rivers, water conservation by TreeHugger
Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize
The New York Times had a good story this weekend explaining how a Canadian mining company is using CAFTA (the Central American Free Trade Agreement from 2005) to sue El Salvador—essentially attacking the nation's sovereignty—for refusing to issue the final gold-mining permit without adequate environmental regulation in place. Communities in El Salvador are worried about the environmental consequences...Read the full story on TreeHugger
