Oil drilling sparks Indigenous outcry as spills tarnish Ecuador Amazon
Guiyero (Ecuador) (AFP) - A thick slick of oil covers part of an estuary in the Ecuadoran Amazon, where the ...
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‘Queen of Trash’ in dock in Sweden’s biggest toxic waste scandal
Stockholm (AFP) - Eleven people went on trial in Sweden on Tuesday, accused of illegally dumping toxic waste in the ...
NGO reports ‘human rights disaster’ at Uganda oil project
Nairobi (AFP) - A massive oil project in Uganda co-owned by French group TotalEnergies and China's CNOOC is mired in ...
Activists seek clarity over mining ban in Ecuador forest reserve
Mindo (Ecuador) (AFP) - A sprawling Ecuadoran forest reserve, home to toucans and the spectacled bear, is at the heart ...
French court dismisses appeal in Agent Orange case
Paris (AFP) - A Paris court Thursday rejected an appeal by a French-Vietnamese woman who has been trying to sue ...
Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others
Susques (Argentina) (AFP) - Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary ...
Waste into gold: Oyster shells repurposed as magic ‘Seawool’
Tainan (Taiwan) (AFP) - Growing up on Taiwan's west coast where mollusc farming is popular, Eddie Wang saw discarded oyster ...
‘Miseries of the Balkhash’: Fears for Kazakhstan’s magical lake
Balkhash (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Seen from the sky, with its turquoise waters stretching out into the desert expanses in the ...
Deep sea mining opponents suffer major setback
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback Friday when they failed to ...
Deep sea mining opponents hope to score regulatory win
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Opponents of deep sea mining hope to take a potentially significant step toward an ...
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