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The Rights of Nature Become a Rallying Point Against an Ascendant Mining Industry
Communities and ecosystems across the globe face heavy environmental damage from intensifying mining operations. A people’s tribunal probed the Canadian mining industry’s impact on the natural world and the people defending it.
By Katie Surma
As one of Argentina’s worst mining disasters unfolded above Domingo Jofré’s home, the company responsible remained silent while a million liters of cyanide-laced water spewed into local streams and rivers.