Mining

Don’t denounce electric vehicles!

This is a response, by Alan Thornett, to the article entitled Deconstructing electric vehicles from Socialist Project in Canada, which…

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No, Thatcher’s War on the Miners Wasn’t Good for Green Politics

We don’t agree with everything in this interesting article- particularly on the possibility of ‘clean’ coal- but it is an…

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Where and how will we get the metals to feed our future technology needs?

An important article which raises a number of points about sustainability and our future metals needs, from ABC News. If…

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In defence of electrified road transport

Alan Thornett has written a reply to the controversial article by Chirag Dahara and Vandana Singh, first published by Scientific…

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The Delusion of Infinite Economic Growth

This recent piece in Scientific American takes up the issues of growth and sustainability. Even “sustainable” technologies such as electric…

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Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths…

Lithium, Cobalt and Rare Earths- the post petroleum resource race and what to make of it, by Michael Klare, was…

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Anglo American, eyeing copper on protected indigenous land

From Greenpeace’s Unearthed blog 15.04.2021 Lucy Jordan and Hyury Potter @lucyjord@hyurypotter Munduruku people of the Brazilian Amazon demanding Anglo American…