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Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Oil palm, mining prompts local govt in Borneo to declare water unsafe for drinking

Loren Bell 6 Aug 2014

Featured video: new documentary highlights the Long March to save the Sundarbans

Jeremy Hance 5 Aug 2014

Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community

Mongabay.com 29 Jul 2014

Oil palm plantations degrade local water quality relative to community forests

Mongabay.com 30 Jun 2014

Bioluminescent bacteria expose toxic arsenic in Bangladesh

Nsikan Akpan 2 Apr 2014

Gulf of Mexico deep sea may need decades to recover from oil spill

Nicholas St. Fleur 20 Nov 2013

Fracking: the good, the bad and the ugly

Owen Reynolds 18 Nov 2013

Bangladesh plans massive coal plant in world’s biggest mangrove forest

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2013

Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest surges 400%

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2013

Coal railway could cause ‘ecological disaster’ in Indonesian Borneo, warn environmentalists

Diana Parker 30 Sep 2013

Mesoamerican Reef needs more local support, says report

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 13 Sep 2013

Colombian mining dispute highlights legislative disarray

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 27 Jun 2013

Mining in Indonesia taking a heavy social, environmental toll

Anne Usher 3 Jun 2013

Scientists discover high mercury levels in Amazon residents, gold-mining to blame

Lacey Avery 28 May 2013

Water crisis widening: 4.5 billion people live near ‘impaired water sources’

Fiona Harvey 28 May 2013

Samsung admits to using tin linked to child labor, deforestation; Apple mum on sourcing

Mongabay.com 25 Apr 2013

Nitrogen pollution in China increased 60% annually between 1980 and 2010

Mongabay.com 25 Feb 2013

El Salvador mulls total ban on mining

Robin Oisín Llewellyn 22 Oct 2012

United Nations meets clean water goal

Jeremy Hance 7 Mar 2012

EPA finds toxic chemicals in water supply near fracking sites in Wyoming

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2011

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