This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against itShortly after the Norwegian stock market closed on 17 June 2026, a few dozen…
‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won
Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan’s four-year fight over MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine went all the way to the high courtSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereWhen Wendy Wales and Tony Lonergan and a…
‘Water yes, mining no!’: the 87-year-old farmer who became a nature hero in Colombia
Porfirio Garcés is one of the ‘Jerico 11’, who face kidnapping charges after opposing a copper mine. Now, with a far-right president prioritising extraction, their fight has become more urgentIn the rural hamlet of Palo Cabildo in Colombia’s western…