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Global Rush for Copper Hits the Amazon

Inside Climate News · Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay · last updated
Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin.

Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay

MOCOA, Colombia—This isn’t the first time foreigners have shown up here, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon rainforest, insisting they needed what was under the ground. 

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