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Exploration and extraction are advancing in the south-east, spurred by global demand and relaxed regulations. Communities are feeling its impacts, but are yet to reap any benefits
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Oil, sanctions, blackouts: Venezuela’s energy transition is complex
Solar and wind produce less than 1% of electricity and a bill to boost them has stalled. Oil, meanwhile, still brings in nearly 60% of the national budget
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In Indonesia, tin mining threatens an age-old fishing tradition
The islanders of Bangka Belitung, off Sumatra, have long hunted squid for sustenance and trade, but some fear this is being imperilled by mining
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India’s Bihar has a plan for extreme heat. Why are so many people dying?
Despite the existence of a heat plan in a key Indian state and visible improvement in multiple health centres, brutal heat claimed dozens of lives as officials were distracted by elections
Chinese companies pilot nature-related disclosures
As part of the Global Biodiversity Framework, “nature” is being added to sustainability disclosures, with Chinese firms in the vanguard
No plain sailing for Brazil and Uruguay’s new waterway
Both governments say proposed shipping route would boost exports and local development, but have met opposition from residents fearing its impacts
Bhutan explores controlled burning of mountainsides
Reviving the traditional practice could protect pastureland ecosystems in the Himalayas from destructive climate change-driven wildfires
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