Thread by @halleyji

This is a good article. On mining.

I didn't know this about US mining regulations. I read such about Canada. Very interesting.

foreignpolicy.com/2022/02/07/ren…

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"We shouldn’t assume environmental and labor regulations are more stringent, or that mining is thus more responsible, in the global north. Affluent countries have their own regulatory weaknesses"

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"Take the United States, where the law regulating mining on public land dates to 1872, contains no environmental provisions, and facilitates prospecting for valuable mineral deposits without consulting or even informing Indigenous tribes,"

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"in effect dispossessing them of territories used for hunting, medicinal plant gathering, or cultural ceremonies."

/End

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PS: Site goes behind paywall if you have already read enough there. You know what to do in such cases. Don't ask. Don't tell.