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Wave power has finally come to the United States.

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, allegedly perpetrated by agents of Minera Yanacocha (Newmont’s Peruvian subsidiary), Acuña is now in the hospital and her family’s crops are destroyed, according to Amnesty International.

Nor, tragically, is this attack an isolated instance of violence against indigenous women protecting their land. Earlier this year, Berta Cáceres — winner of the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her efforts in blocking hydroelectric developments on Lenca land in Honduras — was murdered at home, allegedly by employees of DESA, the developer behind the proposed dams.

When we spoke to Acuña in April, she told us, with eerie foresight: “Because these businesses are very powerful, I don’t know what awaits me when I get back [home]. But this isn’t a cause of fear for me – it’s not a motive for us to stop fighting, to stop defending.”

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Wave power has finally come to the United States.

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Fertilizer Limits Sought Near Lake Erie to Fight Spread of Algae

Phosphorus runoff from farms and lawns has helped to create a vast blanket of toxic algae each summer, a United States-Canadian agency said. This article:   Fertilizer Limits Sought Near Lake Erie to Fight Spread of Algae ; ;Related ArticlesCalifornia Endangered Species: Plastic BagsStudy Links Temperature to a Peruvian Glacier’s Growth and RetreatNuclear Waste Repository Set to Reopen After Leak ;

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Fertilizer Limits Sought Near Lake Erie to Fight Spread of Algae

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