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A man bathes in the waters of Yamuna river amid foam created by pollution in the water in New Delhi on November 8, 2021. Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP
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09 November 2021
Toxic foam covers India's sacred Yamuna river
Nguy Thi Khanh is one of the few voices in Vietnam taking on the coal industry -- a rare female climate crusader pushing for renewables in a country where dirty energy is on the rise ( AFP PHOTO / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)
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04 March 2020
How one woman is taking on Vietnam's '...
As a child, Nguy Thi Khanh used to lie in the grass in her Vietnamese village and watch...
This undated handout picture taken by Nigel Uyam and released by Kessy Sawang of The Basamuk People's Voice on October 24, 2019 shows the coastline and surrounding waters near the Ramu nickel refinery stained an ochre red from toxic slurry at Basamuk Bay, Rai Coast, in Papua New Guinea's Madang province. Photo: AFP
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25 October 2019
Papua New Guinea shutters polluting Chinese plant
Papua New Guinea said Thursday it had ordered the indefinite closure of a multi-billion...