#community-conflict

#community-conflict

Today, the Rio Blanco mining camp in south-central Ecuador lies in ruins. Shattered china litters the ground not far from a hollowed-out kitchen with no walls left standing. An abandoned mine tunnel as wide as a house stands on a hillside, overlooking the charred remains of a diesel station. In 2018, environmentalists hailed Rio Blanco's closure as a landmark win for conservation.

Sausalito couple Jake Beyer and Georgia Glassie have faced community backlash over their home remodel, leading to police involvement, restraining orders, and viral disputes.

Being Japanese American, we were put in the camps. My mom and dad actually got married in a concentration camp in Wyoming. So we're very sensitive to this cause.

A seven-year, 250,000 neighbours' row over a few inches of land, sparked by a doctor's garden tap, has been blasted as 'ridiculous' by a top judge.