Environmental racism
Environmental injustice that occurs within a racialized context
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| September 11 2025 | Found guilty by the Supreme Federal Court and sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in prison. |
| September 2 2025 | Trial began in the Supreme Court |
| August 26 2025 | Bolsonaro was placed under 24-hour surveillance after being designated as a 'flight-risk'. |
| August 4 2025 | Placed under house arrest for violating judicial preventive measures ahead of his trial. |
| July 18 2025 | Police searched Bolsonaro's home and ordered him to wear an electronic ankle tag. |
| July 9 2025 | Donald Trump publicly criticized Bolsonaro's criminal prosecution, claiming Brazil was an unfair trading partner and suggesting potential U.S. political asylum for Bolsonaro, calling the charges a 'witch hunt'. |
| June 2025 | Chiquita fired all employees in Panama following the workers' strike. |
| May 19 2025 | The trial against Bolsonaro and 80 other officials began in Brasília. |
| May 2025 | Banana workers in Panama went on strike, protesting various issues including changes to pensions. |
| April 2025 | Bolsonaro underwent surgery and was hospitalized for 17 days at the DF Star clinic in Brasilia to address an intestinal obstruction resulting from his 2018 assassination attempt. |
| March 26 2025 | The Supreme Federal Court ordered Bolsonaro and seven associates to stand trial over various charges. |
| February 2025 | Bolsonaro and 33 others were formally charged with plotting to assassinate Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. |
| February 2025 | Formally accused by the Federal Police of multiple crimes related to the alleged coup, with the Supreme Court ruling he must stand trial. |
| 2024 |
Agent Orange
A legislative commission in the State of Maine found that the Canadian investigation into Agent Orange exposure was 'incorrect, biased, and based upon incomplete data and poor study design'.
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| 2024 |
Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario
A research team led by Western biology professor Brian Branfireun discovered elevated levels of methylmercury in the English-Wabigoon River system, attributed to sulphate and organic matter from the mill, which was found to be increasing the production of toxic methylmercury in the river.
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| 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Jordan Chariton published a book titled 'We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans'.
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| 2024 |
Flint water crisis
The documentary 'Lead and Copper' was released, further examining the Flint water crisis.
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| November 2024 | In November 2024, Bolsonaro and 36 others were formally charged with plotting a coup d'état, violent abolition of the democratic rule of law, and criminal organization. |
| November 21 2024 | Brazil’s federal police indicted Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people related to Bolsonaro's defeat in the 2022 presidential elections, alleging he knew of a plot to assassinate his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and to overturn the election result. |
| August 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Water testing revealed a significant drop in lead levels in Flint's drinking water.
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| August 22 2024 |
Agent Orange
The Court of Appeal of Paris dismissed an appeal by Tran To Nga against 14 US corporations that supplied Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. Nga's lawyers announced they would appeal to France's highest court.
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| July 2024 | Brazil's Federal Police charged Jair Bolsonaro with money laundering and criminal conspiracy related to undeclared diamonds that he allegedly received from Saudi Arabia while he was in office. |
| June 2024 | A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida found Chiquita liable for the killing of eight Colombians by the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia and ordered the company to pay $38.3 million to victims' families. |
| April 2024 |
Flint water crisis
WDIV-TV broadcast a documentary called 'Failure in Flint: 20 Years Later' highlighting the ongoing aftermath of the water crisis.
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| April 2024 |
Flint water crisis
The Flint community organized a march commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the water crisis.
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| March 2024 | Internal security camera footage showed Bolsonaro staying at the Hungarian embassy in Brasília after his passports were confiscated. |
| March 2024 | In March 2024, witness documents were released indicating that Bolsonaro had plotted to overturn the 2022 election results and had presented plans for a coup to top military officials. |
| March 19 2024 | On March 19, 2024, federal police formally accused Bolsonaro of fraud concerning his COVID-19 vaccine records. |
| March 13 2024 |
Flint water crisis
A scientific article published in Science Advances reported measurable detrimental effects of the water crisis on Flint children's mental health and school performance. The City of Flint was also held in contempt of court for failing to meet court-ordered deadlines for water line replacement and property repair.
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| February 2024 |
Flint water crisis
Flint residents reached a $25 million settlement with engineering firm Veolia North America, addressing damages from the water crisis.
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| February 2024 | In February 2024, the Brazilian Federal Police raided former government officials and ordered Bolsonaro to hand in his passport over accusations of attempting to overturn the 2022 election results and plotting a coup d'état. |
| 2023 |
Navajo water rights
Approximately one-third of Navajo reservation residents (around 58,000 people) do not have running water in their homes, highlighting ongoing water access challenges.
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| 2023 |
Navajo water rights
The San Juan Generating Station's water reservoir was sold to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and renamed the Frank Chee Willetto Reservoir to provide a reliable and sustainable water supply to Navajo homes and businesses.
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| 2023 |
Flint water crisis
Status Coup journalist Jordan Chariton interviewed a black woman whose children became sick and died due to the water crisis.
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| 2023 | Canada passed Bill C-226, An Act to Address Environmental Racism in the Nova Scotia Legislature, marking significant legislative progress in addressing environmental racism. |
| October 2023 |
Flint water crisis
A Michigan judge dropped the felony charges against government officials involved in the Flint water scandal, effectively concluding the criminal prosecution related to the water crisis.
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| October 31 2023 | On October 31, 2023, Bolsonaro was convicted by the Superior Electoral Court for abuse of power related to using Brazil's Independence Day ceremony to promote himself, resulting in an eight-year disqualification from running for office. |
| September 2023 |
Flint water crisis
The Michigan Supreme Court declined to review the lower court ruling that dismissed felony charges related to the Flint Water Crisis. Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley publicly criticized the decision, expressing concerns about the city's trust in the judicial system.
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| August 2023 |
Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario
First Quality completed the acquisition of Domtar's Dryden pulp mill, officially taking ownership of the facility.
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| June 30 2023 | The Superior Electoral Court blocked Bolsonaro from seeking office until 2030 due to attempts to undermine the election's validity and abuse of power. |
| June 22 2023 |
Navajo water rights
US Supreme Court rules in Arizona v. Navajo Nation that the federal government has no obligation to ensure water access for the Navajo Nation, despite the 1868 treaty reserving necessary water for the reservation.
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| April 2023 | President Biden introduced the Justice40 Initiative, committing to direct 40 percent of federal environmental programs to marginalized communities and establishing a Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool to identify beneficiary communities. |
| April 2023 |
Flint water crisis
Members of 'Water You Fighting For?' and the 'Democracy Defense League' organized a rally on the ninth anniversary of the crisis to unite the community and maintain hope in their fight for clean water.
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| April 14 2023 | On April 14, 2023, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes ordered Bolsonaro to submit himself for questioning with the Brazilian Federal Police over the January 8 storming of the Congress. |
| March 2023 |
Flint water crisis
The Genesee County Circuit Court approved the Flint water settlement, providing a legal resolution to the long-standing water crisis.
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| March 2023 | Bolsonaro returned to Brazil in March 2023 for the first time since the January attacks by his supporters on federal government buildings. |
| February 2023 |
Paper and pulp industry in Dryden, Ontario
Domtar announced an agreement to sell the Dryden pulp mill to First Quality, a diversified manufacturing company specializing in hygiene, paper, and packaging products.
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| February 2023 | In February 2023, Bolsonaro announced his intention to return to Brazil in March for the first time since leaving in December 2022. |
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