Blood, Sweat and Sugar
The sugar industry’s bitter legacy, built on slavery, exploitation and environmental damage, is still resonating today.

The sugar industry’s bitter legacy, built on slavery, exploitation and environmental damage, is still resonating today.









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Mexico’s monarch butterfly population surged 64 percent this winter.

Vehicles were washed away in floods in Oman and homes were flooded in Syria as storms brought floods across the region.
Environment advocacy groups are suing the US government over climate change policy rollback.
The Trump administration revoked key scientific finding that formed a basis for regulations to address climate change.
Chilean Environment Ministry suspends 43 measures touching on issues such as pollution, emissions and national parks.
Some First Nations are challenging Carney’s resource-extraction plans to strengthen Canadian economy from US threats.
Gulf states produce 40 percent of the world’s total desalinated water through more than 400 plants.

Search efforts have ended for those missing following a landslide at Indonesia’s largest landfill site.
As toxic clouds and rain smother Tehran, analysts say Israel’s aims is to break the resilience of the Iranian people.
Authorities say 26 people died in capital Nairobi as floodwaters submerged homes and carried away vehicles.