Environment

Over 1.5 million children at risk due to floods in central Viet Nam

Widespread flooding and landslides in five provinces in central Viet Nam have left more than 1.5 million children at risk of disease, losing out on education and poor nutrition. At least 135,000 families have been directly impacted by flood water...

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GROUPS SUE OVER WEAK EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CHEMICAL PLANTS LINKED TO CANCER

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Smoke stacks and distillation towers at a large petrochemical plant are silhouetted...

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Vietnam’s unsung recycling heroines have livelihoods ruined by COVID-19

Across Southeast Asia, thousands of waste pickers – many of them women – help to recycle waste that would otherwise become landfill. But plummeting prices for recyclables have hit them hard, and they receive no social security benefits nor a share of...

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STATEMENT FROM EARTHJUSTICE ON HURRICANE DELTA

Hurricane Delta made landfall near Creole, Louisiana as a Category 2 storm. Climate change-fueled storms like Delta can compound the climate crisis when they barrel towards oil, gas, and petrochemical refineries.

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