‘It’s our garden’: PNG villages fight to prevent mine waste dumping in the sea

Mongabay
Jun 12, 2025, 10:37 pm309 ptsTop
Three communities in Papua New Guinea are waiting for the country’s Supreme Court to decide whether their concerns about the dumping of mine waste in the sea near their homes merit cancellation of an environmental permit for mining that the government issued in 2020. U.S.-based Newmont Corporation and South…

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