Day: February 2, 2022

MYANMAR: CRISES SPIRAL ONE YEAR AFTER COUP

by Irwin Loy, The New Humanitarian Volatile new conflict zones, rising hunger, and hundreds of thousands uprooted: A year into a military coup, crises are spiralling across Myanmar, but aid blockades are cutting off assistance even as humanitarian needs reach… Read moreMYANMAR: CRISES SPIRAL ONE YEAR AFTER COUP

The Amazon

Pipeline rupture in Ecuador’s Amazon fouls river

Ecuador’s trans-Andean Heavy Crude Pipeline (OCP) ruptured amid heavy rains Jan. 28, spilling oil into a sensitive area of Napo province and contaminating several rivers draining into the Amazon Basin, including the Napo, Piedra Fina, Quijos and, most seriously, the… Read morePipeline rupture in Ecuador’s Amazon fouls river