100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador Quito/Ottawa. Today 108 human rights and environmental organizations sent a letter to Atico Mining Corporation and the president of Ecuador urging a stop to the militarization, criminalization, and intimidation of the campesino, Montubio, and Indigenous communities of Palo Quemado (Sigchos, Cotopaxi) The post Atico Mining: Environmental Impact and Social Injustice Issues appeared fir...| Friends of the Earth Canada
(Ottawa/unceded territories of the Algonquin Nation, 10 December 2024) – One week before talks towards a business and human rights treaty, the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is calling on the federal government to support their progress and commit to urgent domestic measures that protect communities and workers around the world from harm. In a The post Human Rights Due Diligence: Canada Must Act Now appeared first on Friends of the Earth Canada.| Friends of the Earth Canada
Ottawa/Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People, 4 December 2024 —Environment, worker, and health groups welcome the decision by Health Canada to cancel the registration of the pesticide flufenacet and all associated products containing the substance. Flufenacet, a herbicide used in Canadian corn and soybean agriculture, is of particular concern because it breaks down into Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), The post Flufenacet Pesticide Banned: Health Win for Canada a...| Friends of the Earth Canada