Comment on Indigenous Bajo suffer child deaths & toxic sludge amid green energy push
signaleleven@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
The link to “green energy push” in the title is pernicious. There are laws, laws are broken while mining, green energy per se should be left out of the title.
solo@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
I think I understand your point, but it looks like I see things very differently.
Mining companies all over the world are breaking the laws because it is more profitable for them to pay some fines when they get caught, instead of following the law. This is the problem.
Since green energy needs mining, we should always talk about both green energy transition and mining as one topic in order to apply efficient solutions. This is why it is called the Triple planetary crisis, because the topics of climate, environment and biodiversity, intersect and viable solutions are only those that take this as a fact.
papineau3@mastodon.social 4 weeks ago
@solo @signaleleven I agree we must remember the total impact of any project and strive to make it as close to #carbonneutral as possible