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The Environmental Justice Atlas documented 3,100 environmental conflicts worldwide as of April 2020 and emphasised that many more conflicts remained undocumented.[1]
Climate
[edit]- Global Climate March
- Global Day of Action
- March Against Monsanto
- March for Science (2017)
- People's Climate March (2014)
- People's Climate March (2017)
- School strike for climate / Fridays for Future (FFF) (2018–)
- Stop Climate Chaos
- Say Yes demonstrations
- March for Science Portland
- Camp for Climate Action
- End Fossil - Occupy![2]
Mining
[edit]- 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
- 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
[edit]- Amuay tragedy
- Arun gas field
- Bayou Bridge Pipeline protests
- Block 5A, South Sudan
- Cassurubá Extractive Reserve
- Chevron Richmond Refinery
- Coastal GasLink pipeline
- 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
- Natural gas in Papua New Guinea
- Pungarayacu oil field
- Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex
- Stop Line 3
- Trans Mountain pipeline
Renewables
[edit]- Bedford Biofuels
- Lake Turkana Wind Power Station
- Lamu Wind Power Station
- Ngodwana Biomass Power Station
Timber and agriculture
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- Nevada Desert Experience
- Nuclear-free protests in New Zealand (1960 - 1980)
- Nuclear programme of South Africa
- Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant
Disasters
[edit]Conservation and tourism
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "End Fossil - Occupy!". End Fossil - Occupy!. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ EJOLT. "Waste incineration fuelled cement plant in Montcada i Reixac, Spain | EJAtlas". Environmental Justice Atlas. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
- ^ 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.
