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Lawsuit against Indonesian coal plant reveals permit irregularities

Ahmad Supardi 1 Nov 2019

The tragedy of the fishermen of Ventanas, ‘the Chilean Chernobyl’

Michelle Carrere 29 Oct 2019

Toxic river: Mining, mercury and murder continue to plague Colombia’s Atrato

Frederick Gillingham, Melisa Valenzuela 10 Oct 2019

Companies’ solutions to global plastic crisis miss the mark: Report

Mongabay.com 9 Oct 2019

$750,000 prize seeks solutions to challenges from small-scale mining

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Oct 2019

Climate adaptation begins with how we manage water (commentary)

Claudia Sadoff 12 Sep 2019

Indigenous communities, nat’l parks suffer as Malaysia razes its reserves

Chris Humphrey 23 Aug 2019

Logging, mining companies lock eyes on a biodiverse island like no other

Gianluca Cerullo 31 Jul 2019

Indonesia investigates oil spill in Java Sea by state energy company

Basten Gokkon 31 Jul 2019

In Indonesia, a court victory for Bali’s ban on single-use plastics

Basten Gokkon 26 Jul 2019
A small coral appears on a reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean, threats to coral ecosystems include climate change, storms, pollution, tourism, and fishing. Image courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens

Heather Gies 17 Jul 2019

Southeast Asian countries pledge to tackle marine plastic waste crisis

Basten Gokkon 27 Jun 2019

Having taken a toll in Chile, salmon industry arrives in Argentina

Michelle Carrere 25 Jun 2019

From flaming to free-flowing: The full lesson of the recovery of the Cuyahoga River (commentary)

Jeff Opperman 21 Jun 2019
image by Cristóbal von Rothkirch from the book Cariba Malo.

Gold, wood, religion: Threats to Colombia’s isolated indigenous peoples

Maria Fernanda Lizcano 3 Jun 2019
Red-billed tropicbird (Phaeton aethereus) at Abrolhos Marine National Park. Image by Mia Morete via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Brazil green-lights oil prospecting near important marine park

Thais Borges 31 May 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

‘It’s getting worse’: National parks in Honduras hit hard by palm oil

Max Radwin 11 Apr 2019

Illegal online sales driving mercury pollution crisis in Indonesia

Luh De Suriyani, Nurdin Tubaka 8 Apr 2019

Indonesia oil slicks highlight weak enforcement against bilge dumping

Basten Gokkon 5 Apr 2019

Environmental issues among top priorities of urban Indian voters: Report

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019

Days of darkness: Venezuelan national emergency is also environmental crisis

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 25 Mar 2019

Indonesia investigates mass shark deaths at captive-breeding facility

Jay Fajar, M Ambari 22 Mar 2019
The Flipflopi under sail from Watamu to Kilifi, Kenya. Image by Anthony Langat for Mongabay.

Flip-flop-clad boat brings plastic recycling message to East African coast

Anthony Langat 8 Mar 2019

Ecuador’s indigenous Cofán hail court-ordered end to mining on their land

Antonio José Paz Cardona 11 Feb 2019

RSPO should suspend membership of groups undermining Guatemala’s anti-impunity commission (commentary)

Doug Hertzler and Jeff Conant 6 Feb 2019
The mudslide near Brumadinho via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).

Dam holding mining waste collapses in Brazil

Mongabay.com 28 Jan 2019

Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2019

With its $3.85b mine takeover, Indonesia inherits a $13b pollution problem

Basten Gokkon 14 Jan 2019
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Image by Christopher Brunner/ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies via Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0).

2018’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Douglas McCauley, Francis Joyce 24 Dec 2018

‘Snot otters’ threatened by disease and stress

Liz Kimbrough 21 Dec 2018

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