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Frontline communities launch hunger strike to protest plastics giant Formosa

Strikers are seeking justice for victims of a 2016 toxic spill in Vietnam, caused by the Taiwan-based company.

B.C. has a mine waste problem

B.C. has a mine waste problem and it could be catastrophic

As the province permits mines to hold more tailings slurry behind ever-growing dams, a new report finds the consequences of a failure grow in step. Climate change could make things even worse.

Australian miners have contentious track records with Indigenous communities

Australian miners vying for Ontario Ring of Fire stake have contentious track records

Wyloo metals and BHP want to take over a small Canadian firm's holdings in the mineral and carbon-rich region south of Hudson Bay. Both have had bumpy relationships with Indigenous communities back home.

Arrowhead Refinery removed from Superfund list
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Arrowhead Refinery site in Hermantown finally removed from Superfund list

Polluted with waste oil, cleanup took years after a lengthy legal battle with hundreds of defendants.
Aquarium fish hold the cyanide

Aquarium fish, hold the cyanide

How an Indonesian village stopped poisoning reefs for the tropical pet trade without losing livelihoods.

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9 things you need to know about the Coffee Gold mine, proposed for a remote corner of Yukon

The project would require building a new road, disturbing permafrost and increasing carbon emissions.

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

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

5,400 hectares (13,300 acres) of forests have been converted into mining ponds in the Madre de Dios region of Peru.

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