Special Report: Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking methane, a climate menace
SALYERSVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – In May 2012, Hanson and Michael Rowe noticed an overpowering smell, like rotten eggs, seeping from
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Portuguese communities lock horns with lithium miners to save their land
LISBON (Reuters) – The lush, green hills where Paulo Pires has for years brought sheep to graze above his picturesque
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In fire-hit rural Australia, climate debate burns deep
BUCHAN, Australia (Reuters) – Returning from a morning feeding his sheep, Jeff McCole, a 70-year-old farmer, paused to take in
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A pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland
ANYANG/SANGPO, China (Reuters) – For years, China’s industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped
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A water fight in Chile’s Atacama raises questions over lithium mining
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Reuters) – Earlier this year, the world’s two biggest lithium producers publicly celebrated new deals with
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