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Scandalous pollution in Vaca Muerta

At the end of 2000, the Argentinean Association of Environmental Lawyers warned of the phenomenal levels of pollution in Vaca Muerta. The lawsuit was filed against Comarsa, the company in charge of treating the waste, along with eight oil companies…

The impacts of mining on women affected by dams

Reports included conditions from skin diseases, anxiety, and depression to the loss of the will to live. Who are these women victims of mining, and how has the activity altered their ways of life and existence? By Jacqueline Melo e…

The climate strikes are about so much more than green colonialism

Solutions to the environmental crisis won’t come in the shape of a battery – they come in the shape of justice, reparations and equity. Asad Rehman for openDemocracy 20 September 2019 The past year has seen an unprecedented upsurge in…