by faster | Jun 9, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Reuters DATE: June 9, 2021 SNIP: Vale SA’s decomissioned Xingu dam is at “imminent risk of collapsing,” according to a statement on Wednesday by the Regional Labor Department for the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Xingu tailings, or mining...
by faster | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: January 22, 2020 SNIP: The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled is falling. The climate and wildlife emergencies are driven by the unsustainable...
by faster | Mar 15, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Ecologist DATE: March 15, 2019 SNIP: It would probably surprise you to hear that there are rich, deep-sea ecosystems under threat from an emerging ocean industry… and virtually no-one knows about it. Within the next decade, the deep-sea mining industry...