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Is Canada’s critical minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?

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August 21, 2024

The energy transition needs to be delinked from the rush to develop critical minerals and new mines, argue researchers Thierry Rodon at Université Laval and Sophie Thériault at University of Ottawa.

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Organizations: MinErAL, Natural Resources Canada, Northvolt, The Mining Association of Canada, Université Laval, and University of Ottawa
People: Sophie Thériault and Thierry Rodon
Topics: Canada's critical minerals strategy, Canada's development of critical minerals, Canada's response to climate change, delinking energy transition from critical minerals, EV battery production, impact of mining in vulnerable ecosystems, impacts of mining for critical minerals, impacts of mining industry on Indigenous and remote communities, lithium mining, mining industry "greenwashing", rush to develop critical minerals, and ways of decarbonizing the economy

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