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Mining for renewable energy industry threatens biodiversity – The National
Attempts to tackle climate change could be harmful for the environment, researchers warn
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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