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El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
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El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
In December 2024, El Salvador’s congress reversed an historic ruling on metal mining to reauthorise the activity in the country, seven years after it became the first nation in the world to explicitly ban it. Gold mining has a particularly long and troubled history in the Central American country, dating back to the colonial era, and has had profound environmental consequences, such as river pollution caused by acid drainage from mines. The new …
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