Pitfalls and Pipelines - Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links

Chapter 1.3: Indigenous Peoples, Mining and Climate Change
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See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=8976, a
summary of the problems associated with liquid coal can be found at
www.sierraclub.org/coal/liquidcoal/.
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See www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9961.
51
Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co, Tailings Dam 5A in Mankayan
Benguet, cited in: J. Glennie, G. Nettleton and A. Whitmore, 2004,
“Breaking Promises Making Profits: Mining in the Philippines.”
Christian Aid.
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G. Gavett, 2012, “Tailings Dams: Where Mining
Waste is Stored Forever.” Frontline, 30 July http://www.
pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/environment/alaska-gold/
tailings-dams-where-mining-waste-is-stored-forever/.
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PIPLinks, n.d. “Chronology of tailings dam failures in the Philippines
(1982-2007).” http://www.piplinks.org/chronology-tailings-dam-failuresphilippines-%281982-2007%29;
In fact there was another serious incident
even at the time of writing where the dam at Philex’s Padcal mine
ruptures emptying waste into the water below, see: M. Salamat, 2012,
“Philex’s unstable tailings dam shatters myth of responsible mining.”
Bulatlat, 22 August http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/08/22/%E2%80%98p
hilex%E2%80%99s-unstable-tailings-dam-shatters-myth-of-responsiblemining%E2%80%99/.
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Twice within a year of opening, the Rapurapu mine of Lafayette
mining on an island off the eastern coast of Luzon, Philippines was hit
be severe typhoons contributing significantly to its economic difficulties
and closure and threatening the integrity of its waste management
systems.
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“Citigroup Physical Impacts of Climate Change on 12 Major Miners.”
September 2007.
56
Mines and Communities, 2010, “Government Study: Pascua Lama
Threatens Glaciers.”19 January, http://www.minesandcommunities.org//
article.php?a=9800.
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See for example Atlas mine in Toledo, Cebu Philippines feature in:
Nostromo Research. 2001. “Into the Unknown Regions: The Hazards
of STD.”
58
J. Glennie, G. Nettleton and A. Whitmore, 2004, “Breaking Promises
Making Profits: Mining in the Philippines.” Christian Aid, p. 24.
59
“Citigroup Physical Impacts of Climate Change on 12 Major Miners.”
September 2007.
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A. Barrionuevo, 2009, “Chilean Town Withers in Free Market for
Water.” New York Times, 14 March http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/
world/americas/15chile.html?_r=1.