Elon Musk’s xAI Sparks Environmental Uproar in Memphis Over Unpermitted Gas Turbines
Today’s ESG Updates: xAI’s Memphis Facility Under Scrutiny for Pollution: Residents and environmentalists claim it’s the biggest polluter in the ...
Tag: Mining
The Future of Trade and Investment Deals in a Critical Minerals Boom
The energy and digital transitions are driving unprecedented demand for critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel. Projections indicate that ...
The Environmental Cost of Crypto
The impact of cryptocurrencies on the environment continues to be a topic of debate as the world adopts digital assets. ...
France to Ban Deep-Sea Mining: What It Implies, and Why It’s Important
After banning domestic short-haul flights and plastic packaging in the last two months, France continues to pioneer large-scale legislative changes ...
Why Biomining Could Be The Future Of Space Society
Investment in space-based technologies is at an all-time high. An estimated $17.1 billion was invested into 328 space companies by ...
Environmental Win in Honduras
On February 28, government officials in Honduras decided to no longer grant open-pit mining permits due to the environmental concerns ...
Protests in Serbia Against Destructive Mining Plans Face Government Violence
For four consecutive weekends, protests have been sweeping Serbia, spurred by plans for multinational mining group Rio Tinto to begin ...
Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon
For decades, the Yaigojé Apaporis Indigenous People in Colombia’s lower Apaporis River Basin worked to get their traditional lands formally ...
Your Smartphone Could Have Contributed to Devastation in the DRC
The early 2000s saw coltan help further technological development - but at what cost to the DRC? To understand the ...
Seven ways new technology will impact the mining sector
There is concern that massive job losses will occur in the mining sector because of automation. Some aspects of the ...
Shrinking the environmental footprint of mining
Almost every element in the periodic table has a use in modern society, and we are consuming them in larger ...
From Where I Stand: Tebogo Mashego
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY UN WOMEN AS PART OF THE SERIES “FROM WHERE I STAND”, WHICH CAPTURES PEOPLES STORIES ...
