Clean Energy, Not Dirty Mining
Earthworks supports the transition to a 100% renewable energy economy that no longer depends on fossil fuels—an essential shift to avoid climate catastrophe.
Solar, wind power, and battery technologies are competitive and growing rapidly, while their costs continue to fall. But the lifecycle of this technology begins with industrial mining for minerals and generates toxic waste, often violates human rights through displacement, conflict and lack of consultation, pollutes freshwater, and threatens ocean health through the risky practice of mine waste dumping and deep-sea mining.
Without proactive steps, the pace and scale of the transition to renewables will cause significant collateral damage to people and the environment as a result of destructive mining.
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