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Canada could become a global leader in the supply of materials needed for renewable energy systems if it finds ways to control the environmental footprints associated with their extraction.
This is no simple story, but one of a generational mining community on the brink of social change and an often thankless, hard-won battle for ecological recognition in the heart of coal country.
If we fail to balance the social impacts of climate change with responsible climate action, we risk substituting one kind of harm for another – and this would be a disaster of another kind.
The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
Recently Queensland police recognised the cultural rights of Wangan and Jagalingou people to conduct ceremony under provisions of a Human Rights Act. What does this mean for other Traditional Owners?
There are vast quantities of water ice on the moon that represent the potential for extraction and use in rocket fuel. But there are no practical reasons to mine this water.
Nationals’ concerns about the effects on regional Australia are legitimate, but greater forces in favour of a net-zero emissions target will likely push the policy over the line.
Environmental management accounting can be used to identify, analyse, manage and reduce environmental costs.
Local communities near lithium deposits shouldn’t become zones of sacrifice, shouldering the socio-environmental costs of supporting a renewable energy transition.
Rivers are among the most embattled ecosystems on Earth. Researchers are testing a new, inexpensive way to study river health by using eDNA to count the species that rivers harbor.
Afghanistan has vast mineral resources that have long attracted interest from outside countries, but a lack of infrastructure and political instability means they’re unlikely to aid its economy now.
Sudbury was once known as one of the world’s most polluted cities. But it transformed itself with the help of the mining industry.
Earth scientists are on the skilled occupation list for immigration even as universities cut back in this area. The problem lies with a funding model that offers no incentive to lift graduate numbers.
The Miami apartment collapse is a grim reminder of why engineering matters, and why comprehensive education in ethics should be embedded in the training of engineers.
Using geology and AI, a virtual model of how the Earth’s tectonic plates have evolved can help reveal deposits of copper.
Barnaby Joyce’s pro-mining stance is at odds with the more progressive quarters of the party, and puts the Nationals in a difficult position on global carbon tariffs.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics is doing what it can to push back against lobby groups’ over-inflated claims of job creation — but it can’t stop people misusing its figures.
Complex questions over environmental protection and resource extraction require the signatories to give the future of the treaty much more serious attention.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, Macquarie University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne
