#illegalmining — Public Fediverse posts
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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#MontanaTribe Opposes ‘Slap on the Wrist’ Fine for #IllegalMining That Polluted #WaterSource
by Elyse Wild May 26, 2026
"The #FortBelknap Indian Community is opposing a settlement between the state’s Department of Environmental Quality and mining companies that illegally mined on the tribes’ ancestral homeland, harming crucial water sources for the reservation.
"From 2020 to 2022, #BlueArcLLC and #LegacyMiningLLC conducted mining activities at the #ZortmanMine in the #LittleRockyMountains without permits, licenses, or performance bonds, resulting in damage to ongoing environmental reclamation efforts.
"The #ZortmanLanduskyMine opened in 1979 and was operated by #PegasusGoldCorp. until it filed for bankruptcy in 1998. Two decades of mining activities caused widespread surface and #GroundwaterContamination, and in 1999, the DEQ and Bureau of Land Management took over the site. In 2001, Luke Ployhar, owner of Blue Arc LLC, bought the land out of the bankruptcy under the condition that the #DEQ had ongoing access to conduct #reclamation activities.
"The two agencies spent approximately $85 million cleaning up the area, according to the consent order. The site needs #WaterTreatment in perpetuity, meaning the additional cost to #taxpayers could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
"The illegal mining activities damaged the continuous #environmental cleanup and caused contaminated water to flow downstream to the #FortBelknapIndianCommunity, polluting its water.
In 2022, the state proposed a $516,567 penalty for Blue Arc LLC and Legacy Mining LLC. On Friday, May 22, the DEQ reached a settlement with the companies for $200,000, to be paid over five years. The agreement does not require an admission of wrongdoing."
#USPol #CorporateColonialism #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #WaterIsLife #SlapOnTheWrist #Montana #MontanaDEQ #DEQFail
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/228569/ COKA confident of victory in NPP Ashanti regional chair race #AshantiRegion #COKA #galamsey #Ghana #GhanaPolitics #GrassrootsPolitics #HeavenSeekersMinistry #humility #IllegalMining #InternalElections #kumasi #NPP #OdenehoKwakuAppiah #PartyLeadership #PoliticalCampaign #Unity
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/469948/ A gold-fueled mining rush scars Brazil’s Amazon, spiking deforestation and mercury risks #Amazon #AmazonRainforest #Brazil #BrazilianAmazon #Deforestation #DeforestationInBrazil #DeforestationInTheAmazon #Éire #Environment #GoldMining #GoldPrices #IE #IllegalMining #Ireland #MercuryContamination #ProtectedAreas #Science
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HYDRAA Dismantles Unsanctioned Industrial Operations
HYDRAA demolished 6 stone crushers and 12 RMC plants in Hyderabad's Ranga Reddy district on Tuesday due to illegal operations and environmental concerns.
#Hyderabad #IllegalMining #PollutionControl #HYDRAA #RangaReddy
https://newsletter.tf/hyderabad-demolishes-18-illegal-stone-crushers-rmc/
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Hyderabad's HYDRAA has torn down 18 illegal industrial units, including stone crushers and RMC plants, in the Ranga Reddy district. This action is a direct response to environmental and revenue loss complaints.
#Hyderabad #IllegalMining #PollutionControl #HYDRAA #RangaReddy
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AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas
Gold mining presumed to be illegal caused 6,000 hectares (more than 14,800 acres) of deforestation in Amazonian…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Artificialintelligence #AU #Australia #Biodiversity #Deforestation #ForestDestruction #ForestLoss #goldmining #IllegalMining #Indigenouscommunities #Indigenousterritories #landrights #Landtenure #mining #ProtectedAreas #Science
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/629783/ -
AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas
Gold mining presumed to be illegal caused 6,000 hectares (more than 14,800 acres) of deforestation in Amazonian…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Artificialintelligence #AU #Australia #Biodiversity #Deforestation #ForestDestruction #ForestLoss #goldmining #IllegalMining #Indigenouscommunities #Indigenousterritories #landrights #Landtenure #mining #ProtectedAreas #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/452948/ AI tool tracks spread of illegal gold mining in Amazon protected areas #ArtificialIntelligence #Biodiversity #Deforestation #Éire #Environment #ForestDestruction #ForestLoss #GoldMining #IE #IllegalMining #IndigenousCommunities #IndigenousTerritories #Ireland #LandRights #LandTenure #mining #ProtectedAreas #Science
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/200600/ IERPP questions silence over Damang Mine transaction, demands disclosure on acquisition terms ##GhanaCoalitionAgainstGalamsey #accountability #CivilSociety #EnvironmentalDegradation #ForestrySector #galamsey #Ghana #Governance #IllegalMining #InstituteForEconomicResearchAndPublicPolicy #MiningRegulations #NaturalResources #PoliticalInterference #ProfBoadi
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush #Bolivia #Indigenous #CacaoFarming #mining #IllegalMining #colonialism
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‘Shocking failure, zero will’: Supreme Court tears into states over sand mafia menace https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/supreme-court-illegal-sand-mining-states-cannot-plead-helplessness-ae1az9hu?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SupremeCourt #IllegalMining #Environment #Chambal #IndiaNews
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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@PhoenixSerenity
Brazilian governments in all levels are also hard of hearing regarding Indigenous and Environmental rights a.o. We have to keep screaming. It can work:#IndigenousRights #IndigenousKnowledge #Ecocide #Futuricide #IndigenousWomen #Xingu #Tapajós #Amazonia #Mining #IllegalMining #MercuryPoisoning
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/153501/ Possible illegal mining link to murder of Sibanye lawyer #ChinetteGallichan #EdStoddard #IllegalMining #Security #SibanyeStillwater #SouthAfrica #ZamaZamas
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/132885/ IN PICS | SANDF raids homes suspected of being used for illegal mining activity #IllegalMining #SANDF #SouthAfrica #WestRand #ZamaZamas
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/132848/ South Africa’s president authorises deployment of 2,200 troops to help fight crime #CombatCrime #CyrilRamaphosa #deployment #IllegalMining #NationalDefenceForce #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanPoliceService #SouthAfricanPresident
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/131877/ South Africa’s president authorises deployment of 2,200 troops to help fight crime #CombatCrime #CyrilRamaphosa #deployment #IllegalMining #NationalDefenceForce #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanPoliceService #SouthAfricanPresident
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/119604/ Ramaphosa not letting Mchunu off the hook, says Mashatile #CyrilRamaphosa #IllegalMining #MadlangaCommission #PaulMashatile #saps #SenzoMchunu #SouthAfrica
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Venezuela to ensure security of mining companies, exceed oil production goals-Burgum
CARACAS, March 5 (Reuters) – United States Interior Secretary Doug Burgum sounded an optimistic note as he prepared…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #delcyrodriguez #DougBurgum #illegalmining #interimgovernment #Oilandgascompanies #optimisticnote #presidentdonaldtrump #securityissues #U.S.NationalEnergyDominanceCouncil #Venezuela
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/112727/ Row as Mantashe rails at Lesotho PM #GwedeMantashe #IllegalMiners #IllegalMining #Lead #Lesotho #minerals #MineralsAndPetroleumResources #Minister #NATJOINTS #OperationValaUmgodi #PetroleumResources #PoliticalRow #Pretoria #PrimeMinister #PrimeMinisterSamMatekane #SouthAfrica #Zama #Zamas
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/109728/ South Africa plans to deploy army as soldiers set to hit the streets #CapeTown #CyrilRamaphosa #GangViolence #IllegalDrugTrade #IllegalMining #Johannesburg #OrganisedCrime #soldiers #SouthAfrica
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/109275/ South Africa plans to deploy army as soldiers set to hit the streets #CapeTown #CyrilRamaphosa #GangViolence #IllegalDrugTrade #IllegalMining #Johannesburg #OrganisedCrime #soldiers #SouthAfrica
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/108939/ Soldiers on the streets. What’s behind South Africa’s plan to deploy army in high-crime areas #CapeTown #CyrilRamaphosa #GangViolence #IllegalDrugTrade #IllegalMining #Johannesburg #OrganizedCrime #SouthAfrica
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Residents Protest Mining in Ogun Over Environmental Risks
Residents of Ado-Odo in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area have raised the alarm over what they described as escalating…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #Ado-Odo #ClayMining #communityprotest #environment #environmentaldegradation #environmentallaws #environmentalrisks #HousingEstate #illegalmining #landdegradation #mining #MiningProtest #OgunState #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/441529/ -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/82065/ GNU parties welcome Ramaphosa’s water committee but question implementation #2026LocalGovernmentElections #CyrilRamaphosa #GangViolence #IllegalMining #JoburgWaterCrisis #municipalities #NonkululekoNjilo #politics #SANDF #SONA #SONA2026 #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricanNationalDefenceForce #StateOfTheNationAddress #SunéPayne #VictoriaO’Regan #water
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🚨 BREAKING | SONA: Ramaphosa says the SANDF will be deployed to support police against gang violence and illegal mining in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Do you think military support will make communities safer?
#SONA2026 #SANDF #GangViolence #IllegalMining #SouthAfrica
https://newz.africa/2026/02/12/ramaphosa-sandf-deployment-gang-violence/?fsp_sid=1163 -
🚨 BREAKING | SONA: Ramaphosa says the SANDF will be deployed to support police against gang violence and illegal mining in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Do you think military support will make communities safer?
#SONA2026 #SANDF #GangViolence #IllegalMining #SouthAfrica
https://newz.africa/2026/02/12/ramaphosa-sandf-deployment-gang-violence/?fsp_sid=1163 -
Indonesia says it has reclaimed 4+ million hectares used for plantations and mining inside protected forest areas, after a year-old task force cracked down on illegality.
Seizures exceeded targets by 400%, raising questions about how much oil palm is illegal. $136M in fines were collected — but the fate of the land, and the money, remains unclear.
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-says-4-million-hectares-of-plantation-mining-lands-reclaimed-in-crackdown/#news #deforestation #forests #illegallogging #illegalmining #landconflict #palmoil
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**🚨 Bắt quả tang nhóm đào vàng trái phép trong rừng!**
Nhóm đối tượng bị bắt quả tang khi vào rừng dựng lán trại, thăm dò để khai thác vàng trái phép tại khu vực Xai Chức. Các đối tượng đã khai nhận hành vi vi phạm.
#VàngTráiPhép #KhaiThácBấtHợpPháp #BảoVệRừng #TinTức #IllegalMining #ForestProtection #News
*(NONE - Nếu tin tức không đáng tin cậy hoặc là shitpost.)*
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**🚨 Bắt quả tang nhóm đào vàng trái phép trong rừng!**
Nhóm đối tượng bị bắt quả tang khi vào rừng dựng lán trại, thăm dò để khai thác vàng trái phép tại khu vực Xai Chức. Các đối tượng đã khai nhận hành vi vi phạm.
#VàngTráiPhép #KhaiThácBấtHợpPháp #BảoVệRừng #TinTức #IllegalMining #ForestProtection #News
*(NONE - Nếu tin tức không đáng tin cậy hoặc là shitpost.)*
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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‘We’re true guardians of the forest’: quilombola community near Belém demand land rights and recognition https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/quilombola-community-near-belem-brazil-demand-land-rights-political-recognition-cop30 #Belem #Brazil #Indigenous #LandProtectors #UNDRIP #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuelPhaseOut #IllegalDeforestation #IllegalAgriculture #IllegalMining
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Dedi Supriadi swings his hoe into the soil at his aubergine and cucumber farm – land where he once dug for gold in the hamlet of #CitorekKidul in #Indonesia.
The mountainous region is scarred by illegal #GoldMining , where workers carve deep into hillsides and caves and risk their lives in the process.
Tempted by the traces of #gold left behind by a former state-run mine, Aneka Tambang #ANTAM , villagers have turned to small-scale #IllegalMining , driving #deforestation and using #toxic chemicals like #mercury and #cyanide that #pollute water and kill #wildlife.
Critics and $environmentalists have called for stricter measures to stop the practice and encourage a return to traditional and less destructive ways of life like #farming.
A police crackdown and signs of change, such as several #miners recently switching to farming, have raised hopes of a possible turning point in the effort.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/from-indonesias-poisoned-gold-tunnels-miners-look-to-farming
#AsianMastodon #TootSEA #SouthEastAsia #EcoNews #ecological #environmental
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Russian Caught Mining Crypto in Covid-19 Clinic
https://news.bitcoin.com/russian-caught-mining-crypto-in-covid-19-clinic/
#Cryptocurrencies #miningequipment #Cryptocurrency #mininghardware #miningmachines #illegalmining #MiningDevices #cryptominers #cryptomining #ITspecialist #cryptofarm #MiningFarm #hospital #russian #Mining #Arrest #Crypto #Miners #mining #Russia #miner -
One small Indigenous territory is currently the site of roughly 70% of deforestation in Indigenous territories across the Brazilian Amazon due to illegal mining over the last two years, according to government data.
From January 2024 to August 2025, illegal gold mining razed more than 3,000 hectares of forest within the Sararé Indigenous Territory — more than 4% of its total area of 67,000 hectares.
by Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/11/sarare-illegal-mining-hotspot-in-brazils-amazon/
