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Efforts to dim Sun and cool Earth must be blocked, say scientists

Mongabay’s top Amazon stories from 2021

As the Amazon burns, its Indigenous inhabitants choke on the haze

Major clothing brands contribute to deforestation in Cambodia, report finds

Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic scourge of pandemic: Study

Legal challenge to South Africa mine expansion looks to set new landmark

Plastics set to overtake coal plants on U.S. carbon emissions, new study shows

Novel chemical entities: Are we sleepwalking through a planetary boundary?

Jakarta court finds president, governor liable for city’s air pollution woes

We’ve crossed four of nine planetary boundaries. What does this mean?

There is no climate solution without China and America, says Li Shuo

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

In Brazil’s Acre, smoke from fires threatens health, could worsen COVID-19

Acquittal of Indonesian villagers protesting pollution marks rare win against SLAPP

Eight of the 10 nations most at risk from climate and toxic pollution in Africa: study

Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly

Activists take Indonesia’s mining law to court, but don’t expect much

Cleaning up Cambodia’s kitchens could curb deforestation, climate change

Coal phase-out plan gets pushback in power-hungry Indonesia

Efforts to restore tropical peatlands need fire-free plantations (commentary)

Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds

South Korea faces a public reckoning for financing coal plants in Indonesia

Palm oil waste is latest item declared non-hazardous by Indonesia

Never mind the mercury: Indonesia says coal ash isn’t hazardous

Teachers create lasting change for people and primates via clean cookstoves (commentary)

In Indonesia, a village held hostage by coal pleads for change

Coal stockpiles threaten public health, ancient temple, in Indonesian village

David Attenborough’s ‘witness statement’ for the planet (commentary)

Lockdown should have cleared up Jakarta’s air. Coal plants kept it dirty

World Bank-funded factory farms dogged by alleged environmental abuses

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

As lockdown ends, Manila’s dirty air is back. It doesn’t have to stay

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