US EditionThe Race To Mine Critical Minerals For AI And Clean Energy Is Creating ‘Sacrifice Zones’ That Harm Water And Health Of World’s Poor
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The race to mine critical minerals for AI and clean energy is creating ‘sacrifice zones’ that harm water and health of world’s poor – by Abraham Nunbogu and Kaveh Madani (The Conversation – April 30, 2026)
https://theconversation.com/ There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend on critical minerals. But many of the communities where those minerals are mined end up with ...
The Race To Mine Critical Minerals For AI And Clean Energy Is Creating ‘Sacrifice Zones’ That Harm Water And Health Of World’s Poor
There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern technologies – everything from AI to wind turbines, as well as cellphones, electric vehicles and defense systems – depend on critical minerals. But many of the communities where those minerals are mined end up with polluted water and poorer health because of the mining. Lithium powers batteries. Cobalt stabilizes them. Coppe…
A United Nations report describes in detail the negative consequences of the extraction of minerals such as lithium and cobalt, indispensable for the green transition Read
A UN Institute report describes in detail the negative environmental and social impact of mining minerals such as lithium, cobalt or graphite, essential for electric car batteries, or semiconductors, one of the great contradictions of our world.
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