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U.S. shift on child labor may scramble EV sector

The Biden administration declared Tuesday that batteries from China may be tainted by child labor, a move that could upend the electric vehicle industry while giving fresh ammunition to critics of White House climate policies.

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Fifty million trapped in modern slavery as Covid, conflict and climate change drive surge

According to the International Labour Organization, compounding crises including the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and conflict have heightened the risk of modern slavery, and experts are concerned the mounting cost of living could worsen the problem.

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Raid against Sumatran official uncovers use of slave labor on oil palm farm

JAKARTA — A sting by anti-corruption officers in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province has uncovered evidence that a powerful local official allegedly used slave labor on his oil palm plantation. Agents from the KPK, Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission, found 48 men locked up in barred cells during a raid on Jan. 18 at the residential compound of […]

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Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Millions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern slavery and human trafficking over the coming decades, a new report warns.

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Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warns.

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Supreme Court limits human rights suits against corporations

Six citizens of Mali had sued Nestlé USA and Cargill, accusing the companies of profiting from child slavery on Ivory Coast cocoa farms.

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Twin crises of coronavirus and climate change put girls in India at risk of trafficking

Activists fear that thousands of women and girls in the Sundarbans region may be at increased risk of human trafficking in the coming months.

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U.S. shift on child labor may scramble EV sector

Fifty million trapped in modern slavery as Covid, conflict and climate change drive surge

Raid against Sumatran official uncovers use of slave labor on oil palm farm

Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

Supreme Court limits human rights suits against corporations

Twin crises of coronavirus and climate change put girls in India at risk of trafficking

Fossil fuel cuts, not just renewables, needed to avoid climate disaster

Funding bill includes $100B for disasters but leaves out conservation funds

Climate change leaves homeowners without insurance

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Petrochemical plants send millions of pounds of pollutants into waterways each year: Report

Montana Supreme Court declares youth-led climate victory