Devastating risks of transitioning to
'green' energy: Mining for electric-powering
minerals has left 23 million people exposed
to toxic waste, 500,000km of rivers polluted
and 16 million acres of farmland ruined
Posted By: Imright, 9/21/2023 7:19:58 PM
Tens of millions of people — more than live in the entire state of Florida — are now exposed to toxic water runoff from metal mining, a new study has found. The report lays bare the devastating impacts that can follow a reckless transition to 'green' energy, compounding the ecological damage wrought by over 150 years of drilling and mining for fossil fuels. The researchers found that 23 million people worldwide, as well as 5.72 million in livestock, over 16 million acres of irrigated farmland and over 297,800 miles worth of rivers have been contaminated by mining's toxic byproducts seeping into the water.
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Jack Smith Adds Radical Left-Wing Democrat
Donor to Special Counsel Team Persecuting Trump 10 replies
Donor to Special Counsel Team Persecuting Trump 10 replies
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