List of environmental conflicts

The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented.[1]

Gas flaring and oil spills in the Niger Delta contribute to local conflict.
Climate activists blockade British Airports Authority's headquarters for day of action.
March Against Monsanto, Vancouver, Canada; 25 May 2013

Climate

Mining

  • Antamina mine
  • Akyem mine
  • Ashio Copper Mine
  • 2000 Baia Mare Cyanide spill
  • Bajo de la Alumbrera mine
  • Chirano Gold Mine
  • Famatina mining protests
  • Fruta del Norte mine
  • Garzweiler surface mine
  • Konkola Copper Mines
  • La Colosa mine
  • Lake Natron
  • Las Bambas copper mine
    • 2015 Peruvian protests against Las Bambas mining project
  • El Chanate
  • Conflict minerals
  • Cuajone mine
  • Dairi mine
  • Dolores mine
  • Escobal mine protests
  • Fenix Nickel Project
  • Himpunan Hijau
  • Kabwe mine
  • Kamoto mine
  • Kenticha mine
  • Lega Dembi mine
  • Los Pelambres mine
  • Marange diamond fields
  • Marikana massacre
  • Mirador mine
  • Mrima Hill mine
  • Mutanda mine
  • Nchanga Copper mine
  • Ok Tedi Mine
  • Phosphorite War
  • Pueblo Viejo mine
  • QMM mine
  • Tilwezembe mine
  • Rennell Island bauxite mine
  • Resolution Copper (Oak flat)
  • La Revancha mine
  • Rio Tinto massacre
  • Roșia Montană protests
  • Rovina mine
  • San Carlos Panantza mine
  • Shifang protest
  • Thacker Pass lithium mine
  • Toquepala mine
  • Toroku arsenic disease
  • Uranium mining on Navajo reservations
  • 2010 Xinfa aluminum plant protest
  • Xolobeni mine
  • Yanacocha gold mine

Fossil fuels

  • Amuay tragedy
  • Arun gas field
  • Bayou Bridge Pipeline protests
  • Block 5A, South Sudan
  • Cassurubá Extractive Reserve
  • Chevron Richmond Refinery
  • Coastal GasLink pipeline
    • 2020 Candainan pipeline and railway protests
  • Corrib gas controversy
  • Dakota Access Pipeline protests
  • Grassy Mountain Coal Project
  • Hambach Forest
  • Karachaganak Field
  • Keystone pipeline
  • Lago Agrio oil field
  • 2012–2014 Romanian protests against shale gas
  • Environmental issues in the Niger Delta
    • Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People
  • Natural gas in Papua New Guinea
  • Pungarayacu oil field
  • Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex
  • Stop Line 3
  • Trans Mountain pipeline

Renewables

  • Bedford Biofuels
  • Lake Turkana Wind Power Station
  • Lamu Wind Power Station
  • Ngodwana Biomass Power Station

Timber and agriculture

  • Indigenous rainforest blockades in Borneo
  • Chipko movement
  • Fairy Creek timber blockade
  • Grassy Narrows road blockade
  • Gurindji Strike
  • Mau Forest
  • Pesticide incidents in the San Joaquin Valley
  • Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Chico Mendes
  • Green Belt Movement

Toxic waste

  • Agbogbloshie
  • Cancer Alley
  • China PX protests
  • Grassy Narrows mercury poisoning
  • Electronic waste in Guiyu
  • Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan
  • Jinkanpo Atsugi Incinerator
  • 2005 Huashui protest
  • Kokuba River
  • Love Canal protests
  • Qidong protest
  • Khian Sea waste disposal incident
  • North Carolina PCB Protest, 1982
  • Washington Works
  • Dupont Chambers Works
  • The Lafarge-Holcim cement factory in Montcada i Reixac (Catalonia)[3]
  • Prestige oil spill
  • Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Infrastructure and urban development

  • 2011 Bolivian indigenous rights protests
  • Basque Y
  • Ciudad Real International Airport
  • Eurovegas
  • Fehmarn Belt fixed link
  • Gezi Park protests
  • Green Bans
  • Hands off our Forest
  • Heathrow airport expansion
  • High Speed 2
  • Homes before Roads
  • Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor
  • List of road protests in the UK and Ireland
  • Nairobi Southern Bypass Highway
  • Oka Crisis
  • Parc Olympique Lyonnais
  • Port of Granadilla
  • Runway 18 West
  • Stop Cop City
  • Stuttgart 21

Dams and water conflicts

  • Agua Zarca dam
  • Belo Monte dam
  • Bhakra Dam
  • Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station
  • Chico River dam
  • Flint water crisis
  • Hatgyi Dam
  • Rasi Salai Dam
  • Sardar Sarovar Dam
  • Save Manapouri Campaign
  • Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle
  • Sơn La Dam
  • Tagus-Segura Water Transfer
  • Tellico Dam
  • Tipaimukh Dam
  • Cochabamba Water War
  • Les Soulèvements de la Terre[4]
  • Yali Falls Dam
  • Yortanlı Dam

Nuclear

  • Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant
  • Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival (1980s)
  • Chernobyl disaster
  • Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant
  • Fukushima Daiichi disaster
  • ITER
  • Kyshtym disaster
  • Meuse/Haute Marne Underground Research Laboratory
  • Nuclear industry in South Australia
    • Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta
  • Nevada Desert Experience
  • Nuclear-free protests in New Zealand (1960 - 1980)
  • Nuclear programme of South Africa
  • Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant

Disasters

  • Bhopal disaster
  • Hurricane Katrina
  • San Juanico disaster

Conservation and tourism

  • Pirin National Park
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Sun Peaks Resort
  • Tablas de Daimiel National Park

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scheidel, Arnim; Del Bene, Daniela; Liu, Juan; Navas, Grettel; Mingorría, Sara; Demaria, Federico; Avila, Sofía; Roy, Brototi; Ertör, Irmak; Temper, Leah; Martínez-Alier, Joan (2020-07-01). "Environmental conflicts and defenders: A global overview". Global Environmental Change. 63: 102104. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102104. ISSN 0959-3780. PMC 7418451. PMID 32801483.
  2. ↑ "End Fossil - Occupy!". End Fossil - Occupy!. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ↑ EJOLT. "Waste incineration fuelled cement plant in Montcada i Reixac, Spain | EJAtlas". Environmental Justice Atlas. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  4. ↑ Gayle, Damien (2023-05-04). "Fire and concrete: will France's model of radical climate protest catch on?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
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