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Los Angeles
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Chile's perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant

The Atacama desert's dark skies are threatened by an industrial-scale green hydrogen project near key observatories.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

The Indigenous Lickanantay people's resistance highlights the cultural and environmental impacts of lithium mining in the Atacama Desert.
Los Angeles
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Chile's perfect skies for stargazing under threat from giant chemical plant

The Atacama desert's dark skies are threatened by an industrial-scale green hydrogen project near key observatories.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
4 months ago

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

The Indigenous Lickanantay people's resistance highlights the cultural and environmental impacts of lithium mining in the Atacama Desert.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?

The mine's owners say sourcing water directly from the sea, instead of relying on local reservoirs, could help preserve regional water resources.
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Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website

Bastian Barria's initiative highlights the global textile waste crisis by re-selling discarded clothing from the Atacama Desert for free, emphasizing awareness and change.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Calvin Klein jeans for free! Branded clothes dumped in the desert snapped up on anti-fast fashion website

Bastian Barria's initiative highlights the global textile waste crisis by re-selling discarded clothing from the Atacama Desert for free, emphasizing awareness and change.
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Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay

Chile's Atacama desert is experiencing an increase in succulent smuggling, negatively impacting biodiversity and prompting new legal approaches to conservation.
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