Victoria Milko
About Victoria Milko
Reporter with The Associated Press
Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. Here's how that will work
Years long negotiations are reaching a critical point where the authority will soon need to begin accepting mining permit applications, adding to worries over the potential impacts on sparsely researched marine ecosystems and habitats of the deep sea.
Indonesia to move its sinking, polluted capital from Jakarta to Borneo
Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is in the process of leaving, moving Indonesia’s capital to the island of Borneo.
Bali's local culture, UNESCO sites under threat from water shortage
Far from Bali's beaches and hotels, farmer I Ketut Jata stands on a mountainside, staring at terraced land that is too dry to grow the rice his family has long relied on for food and income.
EU energy commissioner devises new plan to address fuel crisis
The European Union’s next steps for addressing the continent’s worsening energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are expected to be unveiled next week, the European commissioner for energy said on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
Mining for rare earth metals takes an ugly toll on Myanmar's environment
The 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.