This weekend, Máxima Acuña, winner of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, was assaulted on her property in Peru. Since 2011, Acuña has resisted the development of the Conga gold mine by U.S.-based Newmont Mining by refusing to vacate her home — and, for that, has faced both legal prosecution and physical intimidation. As a result of the attack,…
Deceleration Founder/Managing Editor Greg Harman is an independent journalist who has written about environmental health and justice issues since the late 1990s.
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