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The Bessemer City Council has approved a contentious rezoning decision that will transform nearly 700 acres of agricultural and forested land into a massive “hyperscale” data center, sparking significant community division in the Alabama city of 25,000 residents located southwest…
After more than a decade of prohibition, South Africa is moving to lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the vast Karoo Basin, a decision that has ignited fierce debate between economic development advocates and environmental protection groups. The Karoo,…
Marine biologists establish exact plastic amounts that kill ocean wildlife, while 500,000 protesters flood Manila demanding answers about $10 billion in missing flood protection money. Brazil recognizes 10 new Indigenous territories following climate summit demonstrations.
In a landmark vote for environmental protection, Ecuadorian citizens delivered a decisive blow to President Daniel Noboa’s constitutional reform efforts on Sunday, with nearly 62 percent of voters rejecting his proposal to convene a constituent assembly. The outcome preserves Ecuador’s…
Colombian indigenous communities face foreign mining companies seeking critical metals beneath ancestral lands, while Brazilian agricultural interests mount pressure to eliminate Amazon soy restrictions. Meanwhile, Storm Claudia batters Britain as flooding becomes the dangerous new normal.
For fifteen years, Debrah Linn has nurtured her slice of rural paradise near the Louisiana border, raising chickens, miniature donkeys, pet geese, and longhorn cattle on her peaceful Texas farmette. But that tranquility is now under threat from an unexpected…
In the lush forests of southwestern Colombia, where the towering Andes Mountains give way to the sprawling Amazon rainforest, Indigenous communities are confronting a familiar yet evolving threat. Foreign mining interests have once again arrived in Mocoa, but this time…
British High Court opens door to $47 billion in damages from catastrophic dam collapse that killed 19, while Indigenous groups in Colombia confront new copper mining threats. Meanwhile, glaciologists warn of accelerating ice collapse at COP30 climate summit in Brazil.
The state of Querétaro in central Mexico is caught in a devastating paradox: while enduring its worst drought in 100 years, it’s simultaneously becoming the epicenter of Mexico’s data center boom, with 32 new facilities planned that will consume enormous…
Camber Sands beach requires massive cleanup after wastewater plant failure released plastic biobeads. Ford allegedly sold one million faulty diesel cars in UK High Court case. Indigenous activists demand Amazon protection voice at Brazil climate summit.
