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After 100 years of copper mining, parts of Tasmania’s King River are "biologically dead." Globally, legacy mine waste has exposed 23 million people to toxic metals. As the demand for minerals for EVs and AI surges, these rivers serve as a stark warning: the cost of mining lasts centuries.
Stefan Lovgren reports for #Mongabay.
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The King River snakes through some of Tasmania’s most dramatic and diverse landscape, flowing past rainforest, button grass plains and the rugged peaks of the West Coast Range before emptying into a large bay near Strahan, a quiet fishing town. To the casual visitor, the winding stream looks as wild as the lightly settled country […]
Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a nearly 15-year reign that saw the company's market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion US during an iPhone-fuelled era of prosperity.
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MAE HONG SON, Thailand — Saw Si Paw Rak Salween guns the wooden fishing boat’s engine and steers along the river that inspired his family name. He is ethnic Karen — his parents migrated from Myanmar’s side of the Salween River to the Thai side. When he acquired Thai citizenship, Saw Si Paw had to […]
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