For the first time in over 10 years an environmental activist is jailed in Tasmania, with the protester telling supporters outside court "if that makes me a dangerous criminal … we are going to need bigger prisons".
I think it is great to push mining companies to have the highest environmental standards possible.
I think protesting mining for climate change reasons is a bit misguided, only in that if you’re opposing climate change, you should protest mining emissions specifically. Further, there is now a huge demand on metals to support green initiatives.
The ecological footprint of mining is much more directly related. I realize she also protested logging and other facets related to mining; again, this is commendable.
The point I am trying to (poorly?) make is that mining isn’t going anywhere any time soon, unfortunately. I don’t think chaining yourself to an excavator is the best way to win an argument (I don’t have any suggestions) but the climate action in the states with young people taking companies and states to court seems to be making inroads.
I think the important thing is the location, the Tarkine is an area of high value wilderness, so mining it seems particularly onerous.
I don’t think anyone’s under the illusion that we could stop mining as a whole, but they might be able to stop it in one place by making it a higher cost than just opening up somewhere else
I’m unfamiliar with the area where this was happening. I agree; high value habitat has to be preserved. The biodiversity collapse is a real and terrible thing.
I think it is great to push mining companies to have the highest environmental standards possible.
I think protesting mining for climate change reasons is a bit misguided, only in that if you’re opposing climate change, you should protest mining emissions specifically. Further, there is now a huge demand on metals to support green initiatives.
The ecological footprint of mining is much more directly related. I realize she also protested logging and other facets related to mining; again, this is commendable.
The point I am trying to (poorly?) make is that mining isn’t going anywhere any time soon, unfortunately. I don’t think chaining yourself to an excavator is the best way to win an argument (I don’t have any suggestions) but the climate action in the states with young people taking companies and states to court seems to be making inroads.
I think the important thing is the location, the Tarkine is an area of high value wilderness, so mining it seems particularly onerous.
I don’t think anyone’s under the illusion that we could stop mining as a whole, but they might be able to stop it in one place by making it a higher cost than just opening up somewhere else
I’m unfamiliar with the area where this was happening. I agree; high value habitat has to be preserved. The biodiversity collapse is a real and terrible thing.