http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/14027/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-companies-embarrassing-canada-abroad-says/32140 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/lingan-power-plant.jpg" alt="" title="Lingan power plant. In 1999 Nova Scotia Power (NSP) began purchasing coal from the Cerrejòn Mine in Colombia. It is the largest open pit mine in the world spanning 45 kilometers by eight kilometers and can actually be seen from the moon. The mine has forcibly and violently displaced local indigenous and Afro-Colombian residents in order to expand its operations. The company recently admitted that they are still purchasing coal from Colombia but were not able to confirm from which mine." width="247" height="147" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Story originally published in the <a href="http://cbindependent.com/" rel="nofollow">Cape Breton Independent</a></em></p> <p>Most Canadians are not aware of the damage being done by Canadian mining companies to the country&rsquo;s reputation abroad. </p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-companies-embarrassing-canada-abroad-says/32140" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/canadian-companies-embarrassing-canada-abroad-says/32140#comments Amber Buchanan Environment Police/Prisons Solidarity CBU J. B. McLachlan Memorial Lecture mining Nova Scotia Power South America Terry Gibbs Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:28:30 +0000 Robert DeVet 32140 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca