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Water or mineral? In Chile, a debate over lithium brine

Chile’s constitutional rewrite confronts climate change head on

Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself.
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Norway’s supreme court hears rights challenge to Arctic oil drilling
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Norway’s supreme court hears rights challenge to Arctic oil drilling

Environmental groups argue that exploratory drilling licenses violate a constitutional right to a healthy environment. It’s a test case taking on an industry that is key to the country’s economy.
As Bolsonaro keeps Amazon vows, Brazil's Indigenous fear 'ethnocide'
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As Bolsonaro keeps Amazon vows, Brazil's Indigenous fear 'ethnocide'

President Jair Bolsonaro is moving aggressively to open up the Amazon rainforest to commercial development, posing an existential threat to the tribes living there.
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