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[https://grist.org/series/unearthed-mining-issue/ by Jake Bittle 26/3/25 Grist] | [https://grist.org/series/unearthed-mining-issue/ by Jake Bittle 26/3/25 Grist] | ||
The world needs massive amounts of critical minerals to power the transition to clean energy. But as countries and industries explore new mining opportunities, a major question looms: Can all of this extraction be done without the same environmental and human costs associated with fossil fuels? | The world needs massive amounts of critical minerals to power the transition to clean energy. But as countries and industries explore new mining opportunities, a major question looms: Can all of this extraction be done without the same environmental and human costs associated with fossil fuels? | ||
=====Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed===== | |||
[https://grist.org/energy/deep-sea-mining-minerals-pacific-peoples/ by Anita Hofschneider 26/3/25 Grist] | |||
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala steadied himself on the double-hulled voyaging canoe called Hōkūleʻa as a 15-foot swell rose and the vessel took off under the midday sun. He had been paddling since dawn along the south shore of Molokaʻi, and his arms were tired. A | |||
