True cost of clean, green, renewable energy “They told us before the start of their operations that it wouldn’t affect us, but the effects are undeniable now,” Tambiling told AFP. “Pangolins, warthogs, birds are disappearing. Flowers as well.” malaymail.com/news/world/2025/… Indonesian government policies leave Raja Ampat Indigenous communities and protected areas exposed to nickel mining threats business-humanrights.org/en/la…
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Climate litigation The climate harms of fossil fuels can no longer legally be ignored. "Australia’s highest court has just delivered its first-ever decision in a climate case. And it could sour the economic argument for developing new coal and gas projects in New South Wales, and possibly Australia." "Climate litigation involves taking governments or companies – and occasionally individuals – to court in a bid to hold them responsible for climate harms.Climate litigation is used because a court can legally require governments and companies to act, in a way that community opposition or political pressure can’t.
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It is particularly effective where government regulation is slow, weak or missing altogether." "Community groups now have a clear, High Court-endorsed basis to challenge approvals where authorities haven’t properly assessed a project’s full carbon footprint". "And last year, the International Court of Justice found countries are legally required to assess the effects of fossil fuel projects, both in their own jurisdictions and overseas." >> theconversation.com/australias… #FossilFuels #litigation #ClimateLitigation #coal #harm #NSW #law #governance #WillfullyIgnorant #climate #GHG #ICJ
Polluted rivers in Myanmar & Thailand. Chinese & international demand for strategic minerals. Ineffective governance, dire environmental consequences. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/myan… #CriticalMinerals #rivers #pollution #environment #Myanmar #Thailand #China
