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“Every place that there is this boom for mineral extractions [for electric vehicles], there are consequences for people on the ground.” Matthew Groch from Mighty Earth discusses solutions on the Driving Mobility podcast.

‎Driving Mobility: What it will take to clean up the EV industry on Apple Podcasts ‎Show Driving Mobility, Ep What it will take to clean up the EV industry - Aug 8, 2024

📢 No More Mining Loopholes: Protect Our Desert Tortoises! 🐢

The California State Mining and Geology Board is proposing new rules that could let mining projects bypass crucial environmental checks! This could endanger habitats, wildlife, and communities, including our beloved Mojave Desert tortoises. 😱🌍

We need YOUR help to ensure these regulations don’t allow more harmful exemptions. Sign the petition to demand mining projects comply with environmental protection laws, inform local communities and Tribes about exemptions, and clearly explain their decisions to the public. Your voice matters! ✊🌿

Sign the petition now! 📝 ➡️https://bit.ly/No-More-Mining-Loopholes

Tell State Officials: No More Mining Loopholes Speak up to defend people and nature from new rules that could let mining projects in California dodge responsibility.

🗞️ UTS Report on Mining Impacts Makes Headlines 🌟

A recent article highlights Earthworker Paulina Personius, who discusses how we can electrify our transport systems without compromising the planet or the communities involved in mining. 🚗💚

Let's shape a more sustainable future for all! Read the full article to learn more about these innovative solutions and how they’re shaping the future of clean energy. 🌍🌱

Read here 🔗➡️ https://bit.ly/UTS-news-article

New report homes in on solutions to reduce mining impacts of EV transition “It’s not like we need to wait for technological advances or for these solutions to be developed. They already exist,” an Earthworks campaigner told Tech Brew.

🏛️ $300M SLAPP Suit: A Dangerous New Precedent ⚖️

Energy Transfer is targeting Greenpeace USA and Greenpeace International with a $300 million lawsuit, falsely accusing them of orchestrating the resistance and erasing Indigenous leadership. This SLAPP suit aims to silence critics and burden them with crippling legal fees. 🚨💸

🗣️ Show your support! Click the link to learn more and see how you can stand with Greenpeace in this crucial fight for environmental justice. 🌍💪

🔗 GreenpeaceOnTrial.org

In the US, over 80% of EVs and gas cars are SUVs. Compared to other countries, small cars in the US also have larger batteries, averaging 60 kWh compared to 35 kWh in Europe. Smaller vehicles mean smaller batteries, which means less mineral demand.

🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport

🚨 Urgent Action Needed! 🚨

While Big Oil is under investigation for colluding to raise your energy bills, Senator Manchin is pushing a bill to expand fossil fuel operations on our lands and waters and make it harder for communities to fight pollution. 🛢️🌊🚫

Manchin’s toxic legislation is set for a vote this Wednesday by the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. 🛑⚠️

📞 Call these Senators NOW and urge them to vote NO on the Energy Permitting and Reform Act of 2024:

📍 Sen. Wyden (OR): 202-224-5244
📍 Sen. Cantwell (WA): 202-224-3441
📍 Sen. Heinrich (NM): 202-224-5521
📍 Sen. Hirono (HI): 202-224-6361
📍 Sen. King (ME): 202-224-5344
📍 Sen. Cortez Masto (NV): 202-224-3542
📍 Sen. Hickenlooper (CO): 202-224-5941
📍 Sen. Padilla (CA): 202-224-3553

Let’s protect our communities and environment! 🌍💪

CapturePoint Solutions proposed injecting up to 50 million tons of carbon dioxide over a 12- to 20-year period in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. That request was initially denied, but could be allowed under a proposed rule.

A company wants to store carbon under U.S. forests; it may get its wish. • Louisiana Illuminator The U.S. Forest Service is considering a draft rule that would allow for carbon emissions to be stored under national forest land.

🗣️ Leading the Charge. A powerful coalition of 230 Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, and various organizations dedicated to climate, environmental justice, and human rights have united to develop recommendations for a transformative approach to transition minerals. With these, we aim to contribute to the panel’s work for a just global energy system that benefits all.

👉 Read the recommendations here: https://bit.ly/civil-society-recommendations

We are expanding mining for electric vehicles, but global estimates show cars are parked 95% of the time. Despite a trend towards larger vehicles, the average car trip only has 1.5 passengers in the US.

🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport

📢 The UN Secretary-General convened the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals to guide governments and companies on global principles for supplying the minerals needed to phase out fossil fuels. This initiative aims to advance sustainability, justice, equity, and human rights. ♻️🌍🌱

🗣️ 230 Indigenous Peoples groups, unions, and climate and environmental justice, child rights, and human rights organizations call on the panel to secure a transformative approach to transition minerals that contribute to a just global energy system. 📜

Read and share the recommendations here 👉 https://bit.ly/civil-society-recommendations

Transportation is the biggest GHG-emitting sector in the US. Expanding our public transit, walking, and biking infrastructure can help reduce transportation emissions and accelerate the transition from fossil fuels.

Reducing transport emissions, which account for 20% of global emissions, is essential. The main contributor is road transport, particularly cars, motorcycles, buses, and taxis. Lowering car dependency cuts mineral demand and GHG emissions. Public and active transportation have a lower mineral demand than EVs.

🔗 Learn more at https://bit.ly/the-road-to-zero-emissions-transport

65 years ago, one of the largest nuclear reactor failures in the U.S. occurred just 30 miles north of downtown LA. Today, it’s still one of CA’s most toxic sites. So why hasn’t the been cleaned up? Advocates, experts, and citizens are demanding a complete cleanup NOW.

🌍 Reducing Mineral Demand for a Clean Energy Future ✨

🌿🔍 Curious about how we can lower mineral demand while transitioning to clean energy? Tune in on Thursday at 12 pm BST/7 am EST for our insightful webinar with Earthworks and the Institute for Sustainable Futures. Learn about impactful policy changes and real-world examples.

Secure your spot 🎥 ➡️ https://bit.ly/uts-eu-report

🌿 Pathway to Fossil-Free Transportation 🛤️

🛤️🔋 Join us on Thursday for an eye-opening webinar on transitioning to fossil-free transport with reduced mining impact. Earthworks and the Institute for Sustainable Futures will share global case studies and actionable policies at 12 pm BST/7 am EST. Don’t miss out!

Register here 🎥 ➡️ https://bit.ly/uts-eu-report

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia for an insightful discussion on emissions monitoring and the "radical transparency" program at CNX with Earthworker Melissa Ostroff! 🌐💚

You won't want to miss this enlightening conversation about our shared environment and the innovative steps being taken to protect it. Tune in live or catch the replay online afterward!🎙🌿

📲🔊gtownradio.com



Planet Philadelphia G-town Radio/WGGT-LP 92.9

The outcome of did not adopt any resolutions that included the rights of Indigenous Peoples and their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), following a persisting trend of diluting or deleting text about Indigenous rights from agreements, treaties, and resolutions.

Read more about this ongoing struggle in this article written by , , , and Indigenous Peoples Pact:

📎➡️ https://bit.ly/UN-Environmental-Agreements

🇺🇸 We Deserve Freedom From Pollution 🌍

While we celebrate our nation’s independence this Fourth of July, as a country, we still remain heavily dependent on fossil fuels for energy despite the urgent need to transition to clean energy to hold off the worst of the climate crisis. This year, we ask you to join us to push for . 🌿✨

Pollution from fossil fuel production and dirty mining continues to impact communities nationwide, poisoning their air and water. 🏭💧 Our families and communities deserve to have clean air and water, and future generations deserve to inherit a livable planet. 🌱✨

📎 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/freedom-from-pollution

🚨 Breaking News: Historic Victory for Alaska 🏔️

The Biden administration has blocked the proposed 211-mile Ambler Road through Alaska's Southern Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Preserve! The decision protects vital subsistence resources and acknowledges there are no current mines or pending proposals in the area. 🏞️🚫

This is a huge victory for Alaska’s rural communities, tribes, and environmental advocates who fought tirelessly to protect their homeland. 🌍✊💚

📢 Read the full statement from Earthworks’ Executive Director Jennifer Krill: https://bit.ly/ew-statement

🏞️ Take Action for Our Future! 💪

Let's unite and make our voices heard! Join us in urging Governor Shapiro to protect our communities with strong regulations establishing no-drill zones across Pennsylvania. Our health and safety are at risk from fracking and its related infrastructure, which are dangerously close to our homes, schools, hospitals, and streams.🏡💧

Sign the petition now 📢 https://bit.ly/no-drill-zone

🌍 Powering the Future: How EV Battery Recycling Benefits Everyone ♻️

Reusing, repurposing, and recycling EV batteries is not just good for the planet but will lead to a wide variety of socio-economic and environmental benefits. The ability to extract and reuse these materials from end-of-life EV batteries decreases our need for new minerals to meet EV market demand. 🏭🔋

Building out domestic recycling can also mitigate supply and price volatility across global markets and create thousands of new jobs. Read the first blog of our series to find out how we can take advantage of this opportunity! 🚀🔍

📎 https://bit.ly/battery-circularity

Battery Circularity: The Key to an Ethical and Sustainable EV Transition - Earthworks This piece was co-authored by Alexia Melendez Martineau, Senior Policy Manager at Plug In America Currently, transportation is the sector with the single

Wall Street is bank rolling one of the world’s largest build outs of new fossil fuel projects along the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana.

That's why we're in NYC this week with 100+ community leaders and organizers from the Gulf South: to demand that banks, investors and insurers 🛑STOP🛑 financing all fossil fuel and petrochemical facilities.

https://www.summerofheat.org/

NEW: Air monitoring research has revealed that residents in a part of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are being exposed to significantly greater amounts of a cancer-causing petrochemical than assumed in regulations and permitting decisions.

Levels of Cancer-Causing Gas in Southeast Louisiana Exponentially Higher Than Previously Estimated - Earthworks New air monitoring research from John Hopkins University revealed that residents in a part of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are being exposed to significantly

Minerals for EV batteries are sourced using irresponsible mining practices that lead to human rights and environmental abuses. We must accelerate the energy transition by investing now in scaling up battery reuse and recycling. 🔋⚡️

A new campaign from GAIA sets out what must be done to ensure that we fix waste and pollution issues in EV battery systems right now. By advocating for battery redesign, reuse and recycling with strong environmental justice standards, we can ensure that renewables are done right. 🌎🌱

🎬 Explore more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8569Y_22-b0

Why Electric Vehicles Waste Is A Zero Waste Issue While celebrated for their role in achieving climate goals, EV batteries also present new challenges for communities and countries lacking proper systems to ...