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Mezcal’s popularity comes with environmental costs

Ambler Access Road proposal at issue in Alaska

Defenders of people and land in Colombia

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Ocean protections clash with mining pressure in Indonesia
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Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali’na Indigenous community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of ​​Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) 
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Mezcal’s popularity is booming. That comes with a growing environmental cost in Mexico
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Louisiana’s alligator farms mix capitalism with conservation
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