The transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy requires vast amounts of minerals. Without listening to communities affected by mining in the Global South, an energy transition in the Global North which is dependent on expanding extractivism will entrench...
Time: 6:30-8:30pm Location: Finsbury Park Trust, 225-229 Seven Sisters Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 2DA The global rush for “critical minerals” is being sold as an essential step towards a greener future. Lithium and copper, among other minerals, are framed as the...
The Transition Mineral Mining 50 identifies the top 50 largest, publicly traded transition mineral mining companies implicated in an active case on Environmental Justice Atlas. ‘Transition minerals’ are the minerals that are vital to the technology of low-carbon...
Tesla gigafactory during construction in Grünheide, in Brandenburg, Germany, 2020. Photo: Ralf Roletschek / CC-BY-NC-ND. The unjust, corporate led transition The decision by global automotive giant Stellantis to close its Luton van factory, with the loss of over 1000...
The world needs to decarbonise rapidly if we are to avert catastrophic climate breakdown. But what are the costs of an energy transition that simply substitutes mega solar power and wind turbine projects for fossil fuels? The “green” transition that states and...
