'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in rivers...

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

The birds no longer sing, and the herbs no longer grow. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are sometimes found dead.

‘The Sacrifice Zone’: Myanmar Bears Cost of Green Energy

Just as dirty rare earths trickle down the supply chains of companies, they also slip through the cracks of regulation.

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

In the wake of rare earth element mining, an AP investigation has found environmental destruction, the theft of land from villagers and the funneling of money to brutal militias with links to Myanmar's secretive military government.

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

The birds no longer sing

'The Sacrifice Zone': Myanmar bears cost of green energy

By DAKE KANG, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated PressThe birds no longer sing. The fish no longer swim in rivers that have turned a murky brown. The animals do not roam, and the cows are sometimes found dead.The people in this northern Myanmar forest have lost a way of life that goes back generations. But if they complain, they, too, face the threat of death. This forest is the source of several key metallic elements known as rare earth…