A UN-led panel of nearly 100 countries is to draw up new guidelines to prevent some of the environmental damage and human rights abuses associated…
View More UN-led panel aims to tackle abuses linked to mining for ‘critical minerals’Tag: Mining
Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmine
Previously unseen documents have emerged that appear to contradict the government’s case for a new coalmine in Cumbria. When Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary,…
View More Government documents ‘blow gaping hole’ in its case for Cumbrian coalmineExtraction of raw materials to rise by 60% by 2060, says UN report
The global extraction of raw materials is expected to increase by 60% by 2060, with calamitous consequences for the climate and the environment, according an…
View More Extraction of raw materials to rise by 60% by 2060, says UN reportNasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-off
To the casual observer, the preparations under way at Cape Canaveral in Florida point to nothing more than a routine launch of another spacecraft to…
View More Nasa hands over control as new era of moon missions readies for lift-off‘Alarming’ scale of marine sand dredging laid bare by new data platform
One million lorries of sand a day are being extracted from the world’s oceans, posing a “significant” threat to marine life and coastal communities facing…
View More ‘Alarming’ scale of marine sand dredging laid bare by new data platform‘We became activists by necessity’: The fight to close the UK’s largest opencast mine
Chris and Alyson Austin have put on a spread. “It’s nothing special, just standard Valleys hospitality,” they each in turn insist, de-clingfilming dishes on their…
View More ‘We became activists by necessity’: The fight to close the UK’s largest opencast mineExploring deep ocean is ‘safer than an elevator’ says James Cameron
Exploring the greatest depths of the ocean is “safer than getting an elevator and safer than getting on an airplane” James Cameron has said. But…
View More Exploring deep ocean is ‘safer than an elevator’ says James CameronFuture of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition grows
The list of countries calling for a pause on deep-sea mining continued to grow this week ahead of a key moment that mining companies hope…
View More Future of deep-sea mining hangs in balance as opposition growsUK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industry
The UK is to gain its first lithium mine in Cornwall after a British startup agreed a deal with a French mining company that could…
View More UK to gain first lithium mine in Cornwall in boost to electric car industryRevealed: Documents detail key players behind vast Australian fossil fuel expansion
In early 2022, the lobbying firm Dragoman met its client, the Northern Territory government, to discuss how to convince the federal government to support a…
View More Revealed: Documents detail key players behind vast Australian fossil fuel expansion