From Chile to Australia to the U.S. the quest for profit has prompted mining companies to dig larger and deeper pits, creating record volumes of waste. To house all that detritus they have constructed some of the most colossal man-made structures on the planet.
This vibrant animation from The Gaia Foundation and animator Ben Pearce takes us on two very different journeys through the water cycle. One shows the life-giving nature of water for everything from forests to frogs. The other reveals the ways in which mining is damaging the water cycle, putting life itself in jeopardy.
This morning Greenpeace released a report called “the Great Water Grab” on coal’s impact on global water sources. The report is first global plant-by-plant analysis of the coal industry’s current and future water demand. It reveals how globally many countries face serious water problems if they continue to depend on coal for energy, and how the ‘water for coal crisis’ can be averted. The report was written together with the Duch consultancy Witteveen+Bos and peer reviewed by another Dutch consultant Ecofys.
Company gives up looking for survivors after wall collapses at open pit mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
One of South Africa’s most-senior ruling-party officials questioned the role of Mines Minister Mosebenzi Zwane in a deal between Glencore and the Gupta family’s Tegeta Exploration & Resources.
