How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Is Undermining a Rare Forest To Fuel Its Global Aluminum Empire - Inside Climate News

How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Is Undermining a Rare Forest To Fuel Its Global Aluminum Empire - Inside Climate News

Since 1963, Alcoa has mined bauxite from the foothills of Australia’s Darling Range under a special political agreement that skirts regulation, guarantees access to scarce water and assures low royalty rates.By Jamie Wiggan and Quinn Glabicki, PublicSourceThis story was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and supported by the Pulitzer Center. For more of its journalism, visit publicsource.org.

How Pittsburgh’s Alcoa Is Undermining a Rare Forest To Fuel Its Global Aluminum Empire

Since 1963, Alcoa has mined bauxite from the foothills of Australia's Darling Range under a special political agreement that skirts regulation, guarantees access to scarce water and assures low royalty rates. By Jamie Wiggan and Quinn Glabicki, PublicSource This story was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and supported by the Pulitzer Center. For more of its journalism, visit publicsource.o…