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In China’s Mining Region, Villagers Stand Up To Pollution

Yale Environment 360 reports that residents of Gaodong in the Manganese Triangle are rising up against the air pollution caused by manganese mining. In early 2008, residents of Gaodong — a hamlet of 278 people nestled in the picturesque Wuling Mountains of south-central China — invited the head of the surrounding township to listen to a list of grievances about the manganese mining they claimed was