The extraction of minerals like lithium and cobalt for solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles is causing harm to 4,000+ species.
Among all species, fish are particularly at high risk from mining, with 2,053 species affected, followed by reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals.A new study said that mineral extraction worldwide through mining, quarrying, and drilling for oil and gas is threatening these species.
The transition to clean energy poses a significant threat to species due to mining essential materials like lithium and cobalt, which are key components of solar panels, wind turbines, and electric cars.Quarrying for limestone, which is needed in large quantities for cement as a construction material, also endangers many species.
The researchers suggest that governments and the mining industry should concentrate on reducing the pollution caused by mining as an “easy win” to minimize the biodiversity loss linked to mineral extraction. He added, “So many species, particularly fish, are being put at risk through the pollution caused by mining. It would be an easy win to work on reducing this freshwater pollution so we can still get the products we need for the clean energy transition, but in a way that isn’t causing so much biodiversity loss.”Among all vertebrate species, fish are particularly at high risk from mining, with 2,053 species affected, followed by reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals.
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