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On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit

Febriana Firdaus 21 Apr 2020

Decades-old mine in Bougainville exacts devastating human toll: Report

John Cannon 17 Apr 2020

In a Colombian wetland, oil woes deepen with the arrival of fracking

Mauricio Ochoa, Semana Sostenible 15 Apr 2020

A third of Peru’s La Pampa forest cleared for illegal mining ponds, study finds

Yvette Sierra Praeli 2 Apr 2020

In race for a sustainable alternative to plastic, Indonesia bets on seaweed

Johan Augustin 25 Mar 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020

Study finds that sea turtles might be eating plastic because it smells like food

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2020

This solar-powered device aims to clean 1,000 rivers. Will it work?

Rachael Meyer and Basten Gokkon 16 Mar 2020

Peruvian women unite against toxic metals pollution (commentary)

Cecilia Niezen, Gloria Alvitres 12 Mar 2020

Complaint alleges oil company left Peru communities’ environment in ruins

Mongabay.com 12 Mar 2020

Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts

John Cannon 2 Mar 2020

Plastic trash kills half a million hermit crabs on remote islands each year

Grace Dungey 28 Feb 2020

Companies leave communities to grapple with mining’s persistent legacy

John Cannon 28 Feb 2020
A trash picker looks for recyclable plastics at a waste dump in Bali. Image by Jonas Gratzer for Mongabay.

In Bali, young people lead the fight as a plastic plague threatens paradise

Johan Augustin 19 Feb 2020

Mining could topple community-managed forests in Mexico: New film

Mongabay.com 17 Feb 2020

Philippines turns to EU’s Copernicus in Earth satellite data collaboration

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2020

Database offers new details on the dams that hold mining waste

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2020

Philippine study finds microplastics inside a commonly consumed fish

Mongabay.com 23 Jan 2020

Killing gods: The last hope for the world’s rarest reptile

Jeremy Hance 7 Jan 2020

Concerns about radioactive contamination dog Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine

Malavika Vyawahare 31 Dec 2019

Illegal tin mining leaves trail of ruin in protected Brazilian rainforest

Ana Ionova 30 Dec 2019

Palm oil, fire pushing protected areas in Honduras to the ‘point of no return’

Leonardo Guevara, Lesly Frazier 30 Dec 2019

2019’s top 10 ocean news stories (commentary)

Emma Critchley, Douglas McCauley 25 Dec 2019

Illegal gold rush causing ‘irreversible damage’ to rivers in the Brazilian Amazon

Ana Ionova 20 Dec 2019

Philippine coastal town leads war against plastic trash in Mindanao

Bong S. Sarmiento 19 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

Microplastics may be a macro problem for the U.S. Great Plains, too, study finds

Megan Stannard 18 Dec 2019

Tanker identified as possible Brazil oil spill perpetrator

Zoe Sullivan 22 Nov 2019

Coal spill bedevils Indonesian beach more than a year later

Junaidi Hanafiah 22 Nov 2019

In Indonesian waters, filter feeders can ingest dozens to hundreds of microplastic particles every hour

Mongabay.com 20 Nov 2019

Nearly three months after Brazil oil spill, origins remain uncertain

Zoe Sullivan 18 Nov 2019

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands

Álvaro Avendaño, Diana Velasco 8 Nov 2019

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