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Topic: environmental disaster

Rusting tanks inside the now derelict Union Carbide factory compound. These tanks used to store methyl isocyanide, the toxic chemical that leaked on December 23, 1984 killing at least 5,000 people in the following 72 hours and many thousands more subsequently. (Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

The '80s disaster still destroying lives

Matthew Rozsa
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Great Barrier Reef may be dying

Nicole Karlis
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Lindsay Abrams
Mining operations, Charleston, WV (Amanda Haddox/Shutterstock)

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Katie McDonough