Carbon myopia is concealing a deeper problem: our insatiable appetite for materials
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We've been helping rewild this quarry for a few years now and the transformation has been wonderful to witness
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Thousands protest against lithium mining in Serbia
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Mining firm Rare Earths Norway says it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of highly prized rare earth elements
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Illegal tin mining due to smart phone demand tied to deadly crocodile attacks
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Norway sued over deep-sea mining plans – WWF says the government has breached the law without adequately assessing the consequences
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First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism
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UK law firm files letter of claim on behalf of Madagascar villagers over contamination allegedly from Rio Tinto mine
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Norway will not go ahead with plans to permit seabed mining of critical raw materials on its continental shelf if initial exploration suggests it cannot be done sustainably
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How can mining precious metals ever be sustainable?
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How a US mining firm sued Mexico for billions – for trying to protect its own seabed
21 votes -
Inside the crime rings trafficking sand
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Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia's rare earths stronghold
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Norway's Arctic deep sea mining plan will inevitably sink – industrialising the ocean floor in the middle of a climate crisis is not only reckless, it's cruel
9 votes -
Norway's decision to permit exploratory deep-sea extraction of valuable minerals breaks a promise to the other nations on the Ocean Panel and to scientists
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Norway is to allow mining waste to be dumped in its fjords after the government won a court case against environmental organisations trying to block the plan
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Norway is likely to become the first country in the world to move forward with the controversial practice of commercial-scale deep-sea mining
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Cobalt-rich Congo votes with crucial role in climate change
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The site of a mining town on Svalbard is now being returned to nature in one of Norway's biggest-ever restoration projects
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Norway's minority government and two opposition parties have agreed to allow seabed mineral exploration in the Arctic region
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The race to mine the bottom of the ocean
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Norway wants to begin deep sea mining in the Arctic – here is why it's a bad idea
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Why does Norway want to extract seabed minerals – an explainer
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How deep-sea mining for EV materials could wipe out tuna populations
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The indigenous groups fighting against the quest for 'white gold' in South America
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US President Joe Biden to designate a new national monument surrounding the Grand Canyon
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Outrage as Alaska's Attorney-General asks US Supreme Court to reverse Environmental Protection Agency's Pebble Mine veto
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Mining is getting a makeover. The industry believes that in order to be successful — and maximize profits — a company now needs a “social license to operate,” or moral permission to extract minerals.
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Diplomats missed a key deadline while negotiating rules for deep sea mining, allowing companies to apply for permits before rules go into effect
9 votes -
Spanish authorities are seeking €90 Million in damages from a Swedish mining company for a major toxic spill near the famed Doñana National Park in 1998
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Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel
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Greta Thunberg detained at German coal protest
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has denounced police violence at 'Pinky' and 'Brain' tunnel protest in Lützerath, Germany
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Europe's largest deposit of rare earth metals has been found in Sweden – may not reach market before 10-15 years' time due to environmental risk evaluations
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In Sweden reindeer herders say their animals are being affected by wind farms and other industry
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Young Australians just won a historic human rights case against an enormous coal mine
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Greta Thunberg Foundation has donated £158,000 to cover legal costs of indigenous people in Sweden's Arctic as they battle a British mining company
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World's northernmost permanent settlement, Longyearbyen, is estimated to be heating at six times the global average – so what is being done to save it?
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Norway is extending the life of its last Arctic coal mine – will now operate until 2025 amid Europe's energy crisis
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Environmental defenders celebrate a ‘huge’ win for ‘unique’ Tasmanian rainforest
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Greenland is ground zero for the impacts of climate change, but it could also become ground zero for sourcing the metals needed to power the solution to the crisis
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Can Finland and Sweden help decarbonize EU economies? Geopolitical realities and pandemic-related supply chain issues are increasing the pressure on EU
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Greenland weighs up economy versus climate crisis – as the island eyes tourism and mining it is also mindful of controlling the cost
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UN experts call for Sweden to scrap a planned iron ore mine – toxic waste and other contaminants would cause 'irreversible risks' to land used by the Sámi
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The Gold Rush returns to California
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EVs and batteries: The world's lithium and cobalt problems
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The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California's "Lithium Valley"
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We’ve barely explored the darkest realm of the ocean. With rare-metal mining on the rise, we’re already destroying it.
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Arctic island finds green power can be a curse – Greenland's rare-earth elements are attracting superpowers riding a green revolution
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Sweden suffers one of its strongest earthquakes at an Arctic iron ore mine – quake measured magnitude 4.1 and forced the mine to close
8 votes