New report highlights need for clean energy transition that doesn't rely on dirty mining

        April 17, 2019 Common Dreams | United States | storage: mining

The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) published a report entitled Responsible Minerals Sourcing for Renewable Energy, highlighting the need for 100% renewable energy without dirty mining. 14 metals were analyzed: aluminium, cadmium, cobalt, copper, dysprosium, gallium, indium, lithium, manganese, neodymium, nickel, silver, selenium, and tellurium.