Myanmar: 'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar Bears Cost of Green Energy

Aug 9, 2022 | Dake Kang, Victoria Milko, and Lori Hinnant, Associated Press
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The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are sometimes found dead. The people in this northern Myanmar forest have lost a way of life that goes back generations. But if they complain, they, too, face the threat of death.