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After crackdown on illegal miners, Indigenous Munduruku still grapple with health aftermath

‘It’s our garden’: PNG villages fight to prevent mine waste dumping in the sea

New study dismisses Amazon River runoff as primary cause of sargassum blooms

Rare earth rush in Myanmar blamed for toxic river spillover into Thailand

When our oceans can’t breathe, a sea change is needed (commentary)

Mining company returns to haunt Thailand’s Karen communities as resistance mounts

US pioneers restoration of deep water corals damaged by country’s worst oil spill

Future of Mexican communal land in limbo as mining company overstays agreement

Central Java villages take fast fashion to the cleaners at Indonesia’s Supreme Court

As Indonesia phases out coal, what happens to people & environments left behind?

Report urges stricter mining standards to manage climate and social impacts

Dredging and pollution threaten fishing in the Niger River

Landslide deaths again highlight safety failures in Indonesia’s nickel industry

Oil companies have downplayed extent of spills in Gulf of Mexico, investigation finds

Cement factory approved inside Cambodia’s Prey Lang sanctuary despite mining ban

Armed groups and junta profit as toxic mines devour southern Myanmar

Indonesia defies global coal retreat with captive plant boom

In Panama, Indigenous Guna prepare for climate exodus from a second island home

Indonesia bets on ‘reuse’ to curb plastic waste and build a circular economy

How communities in sacrifice zones suffer environmental injustices in Mexico, Chile, Nigeria and Indonesia (analysis)

Groundwater overuse puts Brazil’s river flow at risk, study finds

Bangladesh continues promotion of biodegradable bags amid battle against polythene

Drowned lands and poisoned waters threaten Peru’s campesinos and their livestock

5 takeaways from the 2022 Repsol oil spill in Peru

Plastic pollution cuts into fishers’ livelihoods in Ecuador and Peru

Microplastic within humans now a health crisis: Interview with ‘Plastic People’ filmmakers

Indonesia’s coal gasification reboot faces backlash over economic, environmental risks

Yet another abandoned mine erodes — this time, in a Panamanian protected area

Documents, satellite data expose ongoing pollution near TotalEnergies’ Republic of Congo oil terminal

US security think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry

As the rainforest gets drier, Amazon Indigenous groups thirst for clean water

Disease surges in Indonesia community on frontline of world energy transition

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