Mining for renewable energy industry threatens biodiversity – The National

Mining for vital metals for the renewable energy industry could cause more damage to wildlife than climate change, a new study has warned.
Researchers said that more mines were needed to extract the raw materials necessary to build a larger renewable energy network that currently meets less than a fifth of the worlds energy needs, according to a paper in Nature Communications.
It said 82 per cent of mining areas were targeting materials critical for renewable energy production like lithium and…

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