EU to hold special hearing on mining impacts
EU to hold special hearing on mining impacts On the 2nd December 2021, the European Parliament's Petitions and Environment committees will hold a special hearing on the subject of the 'Environmental and social impacts of mining activity in the EU. ...Interactive: Europe’s Extractive Frontiers
Interactive stories from Europe's extractive frontiers Two interactive stories, featuring new research from YLNM, reveal the massive, business-as-usual mining expansion underway in the island of Ireland and Fennoscandia. Read: Fennoscandia...Media Release: Communities expose stark realities of Lithium boom
On World E-mobility and Zero Emissions Day, a global network of communities directly impacted by lithium extraction have warned against drastically expanding mining in the name of green energy. Doing so risks trampling the rights of marginalised peoples and destroying ecosystems that play a vital role in regulating the global climate, they say.
YLNM Lithium Communique #1: On the Frontlines of Lithium Extraction
A communique from frontline communities exposing the true impacts of lithium mining and proposing alternatives to a metal-intensive renewable transition.