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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping': the lawless rush for rare earth minerals in Venezuela

Illicit extraction and trafficking of tin, coltan and rare earths in the Amazon fuel armed groups, harm Indigenous territories and drive environmental destruction.
fromStreetsblog
3 weeks ago

Sneak Peek: In Their Book, 'The War on Cars' Hosts Explore Life After the Automobile - Streetsblog USA

Far from serving as a figurative and literal vehicle for freedom and independence, cars exclude vast numbers of people from full enfranchisement in society -children, older people who have lost the ability to drive, people with disabilities that prevent them from driving, people who can't afford to buy or operate a car. Automobiles have produced far more collective damage to the world, in terms of death, illness, and environmental destruction, than nearly any other invention in human history.
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Environment
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The battle for sand: Murders, impunity and environmental destruction in the Dominican Republic

Commercial sand and gravel extraction is over-excavating the Nizao Riverbed, causing bank collapse, river disappearance, and local intimidation to prevent reporting.
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