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On June 15, the government of Pará state in Brazil gave the green light for the construction of the new Avenida Liberdade highway in the state capital, Belém, that will split up two conservation areas and run past a traditional Afro-Brazilian community.
The bulk of steelmaking around the world still relies on coal-based blast furnaces.
Five hydropower dams are currently being built in the Cardamom Mountains with reservoirs set to collectively span more than 15,000 hectares (37,065 acres) across protected forests.
Extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall, flooding and heatwaves, have been described as the 'new normal' for China.
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