6+ hour, 28+ min ago  (626+ words) A dozen indigenous communities across Indonesia's Flores and Lembata islands have refused to join dialogue on geothermal energy organized by Catholic universities, saying decades of unresolved harm leave no room for neutral discussions. In a July 10 open letter, the communities…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago  (585+ words) A dozen indigenous communities across Indonesia's Flores and Lembata islands have refused to join dialogue on geothermal energy organized by Catholic universities, saying decades of unresolved harm leave no room for neutral discussions. In a July 10 open letter, the communities…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1091+ words) Dizzyingly deep pits scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains. Not natural formations, but wounds left behind by large-scale mining that is tearing apart one of the subcontinent's oldest and most vital landscapes. Stretching nearly 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the western state of…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1049+ words) Dizzyingly deep pits scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains. Not natural formations, but wounds left behind by large-scale mining that is tearing apart one of the subcontinent's oldest and most vital landscapes. Stretching nearly 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the western state of…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (939+ words) Rampant illegal and unregulated mining " largely driven by China's increasing thirst for rare earths " is destroying the environment in key Mekong countries, spilling toxic chemicals into the river systems from Myanmar to Vietnam and threatening the health and livelihoods of…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1113+ words) Rampant illegal and unregulated mining " largely driven by China's increasing thirst for rare earths " is destroying the environment in key Mekong countries, spilling toxic chemicals into the river systems from Myanmar to Vietnam and threatening the health and livelihoods of…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1133+ words) Jesus Cabias Jr. heaved a sigh of relief as he watched heavy machinery " including a giant dredger used for black sand mining " leave Mac Arthur town in the third week of February. For years, the 53-year-old farmer had joined rallies…...