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Share: Rio Tinto and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, have reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the former Panguna copper mine in Bougainville. This follows several months of constructive discussions facilitated by the Australian OECD National Contact Point (AusNCP). A joint committee of stakeholders will be formed to oversee a detailed independent assessment of the Panguna mine to identify and better understand actual and potential environmental and human rights impacts of the mine which ceased operating in 1989. The Panguna...

Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts Theonila Roka Matbob stands in front of the Panguna mine pit in Bougainville. (Image courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre). The world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto, and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, have reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the former Panguna copper mine in Bougainville. The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority-owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an up...

Lag contact point by several weeks. what we're seeing and picking up a week ago is well likely some of the spillover from the memorial day weekend and following. anybody that's unvaccinated, springfield, missouri saw surges and are still dealing with a surge, and other parts of the country are going to mimic that, as shannon mentioned. >> the dividing lines between communities where vaccination rates are higher compared to those that aren't are starting to show in a sharper way. dr. fauci was on "meet the press" the other day. chuck asked him about the 10,000 people who died in the month of ju...

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Of an effort from the justice department. the question is how aggressively is the biden administration going to move behind the legislation in congress? the democracy reform bills from the left. the john lewis act. all these are different kind of touch and contact point os ten democratic system. we haven't seen a real effort from the biden administration which is working on a lot of new things right now to get behind one and push it forward super aggressively. >> that causes some consternation. nick, reverend, thank you both president biden has said he did not seek any escalation with russia...