No More Marianas or Brumadinhos

View All Share --> Satellite imagery recorded before and after the collapse of a tailing dam near the city of Brumadinho, Brazil, on January 25, 2019. Before: © CNES 2019 - Airbus DS; Source ESRI After: © 2019 Planet Labs It is impossible to remain unmoved by the tragedy of Brumadinho: the sobbing families who await news about their missing loved ones, the bodies being pulled from the mud sea, the red slash of mine tailings spreading across the rolling green hills of Minas Gerais State. The avalanche of waste also laid bare the failings of the state. Brazil has myriad environmental…

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