"Decades of ignoring the climate crisis has led to the now rapidly closing window to reverse the most devastating of its impacts. We must act rapidly. But industry and governments have disastrously, and intentionally, oversimplified: our task is to decarbonise, the solution – electrification. Yet by simply switching the power source we will need astronomical supplies of so-called critical minerals, which means ramping up mining – both far and near. Is this truly the answer, or is this just business as usual?"
Lynda Sullivan

Essential read "The delusion of mining for the climate"
https://www.rundale.org/2024/03/28/the-delusion-of-mining-for-the-climate/

Another amazing victory for communities and Nature in Ecuador:

"For 30 years, the plans of mining companies were repeatedly defeated by the staunch resistance of local communities in Intag, as the area in the tropical Andes north of the capital Quito is called. In the 1990s, they drove out the Japanese company Bishimetals, and in the 2000s forced the Canadian companies Ascendant Copper, Mesa Copper and Cornerstone to throw in the towel. And now they have successfully gone to court to have the state-owned mining company ENAMI and Chilean copper producer CODELCO thrown out."

https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/updates/11433/ecuador-local-people-triumph-over-copper-mine