In Latin America, civil society, through environmental activists, has managed to organize to stop activities that can have great social and environmental costs. We tell you about some success stories
Photographer spent years documenting communities transformed by a freight line that cuts across a mountainous jungle to reach seaports on the Atlantic Ocean.
“Many people have died on this railroad, killed by the trains,” says Deusimar de Oliveira Santos, a resident of the community of Auzilândia in Brazil’s Maranhão state, echoing a common refrain by locals here. “I have a deep headache, almost every day. I’ve had this headache for over five years now. The train’s permanent noise […]
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The European Union’s proposed batteries regulation should require importers and manufacturers to source the bauxite, copper, and iron used in batteries responsibly.