‘Water predators’: the industry behind ‘green’ energy

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Climate ambitions do not take into account the irreversible consequences of mining. In northern Chile, an ancient ecosystem and a 12,000 year-old culture are being sacrificed. Are climate policies destroying precisely what they could fix? This article examines the impact of lithium mining on the ecosystem and its inhabitant communities in the Atacama desert in Chile. A first-person perspective by Darko Lagunas, the article demonstrates the urgent need for those communities who are the prime rights-holders to be genuinely front and center in any movement building around these impacts.

Period13 Jul 2023

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  • Title‘Water predators’: the industry behind ‘green’ energy
    Degree of recognitionInternational
    Media name/outletTransnational Institute
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryNetherlands
    Date13/07/23
    DescriptionClimate ambitions do not take into account the irreversible consequences of mining. In northern Chile, an ancient ecosystem and a 12,000 year-old culture are being sacrificed. Are climate policies destroying precisely what they could fix? This article examines the impact of lithium mining on the ecosystem and its inhabitant communities in the Atacama desert in Chile. A first-person perspective by Darko Lagunas, the article demonstrates the urgent need for those communities who are the prime rights-holders to be genuinely front and center in any movement building around these impacts.
    Producer/AuthorDarko Lagunas
    URLhttps://www.tni.org/en/article/water-predators-the-industry-behind-green-energy
    PersonsDarko Lagunas Leon
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Keywords

  • transition
  • indigenous communities
  • sacrifice zones
  • green mining