With phosphate mining, threat of displacement returns to Kiribati
Australian mining company Centrex’s phosphate exploration in Banaba has islanders worried that their homeland will be destroyed again.
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Australian mining company Centrex’s phosphate exploration in Banaba has islanders worried that their homeland will be destroyed again.
On 15 October, a coalition of church and civil society organisations released a public statement to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the first Totem test, calling for urgent nuclear disarmament.
Published: April 22, 2021 at 8:34 am âWe were ordered to kill the birds which had been injured by the explosion. Some were still flying around, but they were blind, as their eyes had been burned out. We used pickaxe handles to kill the birds. I did not like doing this, but we had no choice because of the terrible condition they were in.â Advertisement On 7 November 2019, during routine Scottish parliamentary proceedings, Member of the Scottish Parliament George Adam read out this piece of shocking testimony from a long-time friend, Ken McGinley. It is just one of many horr...