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2026-07-21 08:36 UTC
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There are many other insights in The Oakland Institute’s report. It concludes with:
“The mineral rush is not about tackling the climate crisis. The energy transition requires only a fraction – about one fifth – of the minerals forecast to be mined in the coming decades.
[The false narrative around the mineral rush] must be debunked to support the resistance by communities and Indigenous Peoples and prevent the unprecedented environmental and social devastation that is underway…
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@urlyman@mastodon.social 2026-07-21 08:37
7/n …“Governments, corporations, and international institutions must be called out and held accountable. If the mining rush remains unchecked, the harms of mineral extraction would multiply at a scale never seen before, displacing and destroying the livelihoods of millions of people while causing irreversible environmental destruction. The global race for minerals must come to an end.”