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These teens are finding creative avenues to pursue action, even if it means taking a long shot. And beating the odds is exactly how the law tends to evolve.
Building renewable energy infrastructure involves mining for materials such as lithium, graphite and cobalt. If not done responsibly, that could cause huge environmental damage.
The miners might be fondly remembered, but
literature helps us bear in mind the environmental damage the industry caused.
A new global standard on tailings dams aim to prevent mining disasters like the Brazil dam collapse in 2019 – but there’s more to do.
Companies are eager to mine the deep ocean for valuable mineral deposits. But scientists are concerned about impacts on sea life, including creatures that haven’t even been discovered yet.
Yes, transitioning Australia to a zero-carbon economy is essential, but the federal government must remedy this imbalance.
Indonesia’s revised mining law is loose on the requirements for mining companies to close pits when operations are over, potentially adding to drowning casualties.
There are many questions about the inquiry into the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site, including how it will be conducted, what will be publicly disclosed and who will be protected.
A devastating historical exposé of South Africa’s mining industry and the railway system that maximised the exploitation of cheap Mozambican labour.
In my 24 years of research, including visiting most sites, I’ve yet to see a successful rehabilitation case study of Australia’s uranium mines.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the existing challenges facing artisanal and small-scale mining in Kenya.
The fate of a Queensland mine extension could be sealed today with a ruling on the ongoing case by Australia’s highest court.
How Zambian farmers won the right to pursue claims in UK courts – and why UK polluters should be worried
Small-scale gold mining operations in developing countries are major sources of toxic mercury pollution, using techniques that haven’t changed much since the California Gold Rush 150 years ago.
Our environmental laws work in the favour of mining interests – even when the industry itself claims otherwise.
Queensland’s new human rights act has opened the door for a flood of climate change litigation.
The threat posed by COVID-19 on mines is considerable. The main reasons are cramped working conditions underground, transportation in packed cages, and a high incidence of other respiratory diseases.
As sand markets boom, entrepreneurs, organized crime and others are cashing in — leaving widespread environmental damage in their wake.
Other economic collapses have affected the mining industry, but the one spurred by the coronavirus pandemic is unusual.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University