24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining Researchers pulled 24 tiny new creatures from a deep abyss in the central Pacific Ocean, some with long, spindly legs and others with more squat, compact bodies. Some appeared to feed on the sediment…

Scientists have discovered 24 new species & an entirely new evolutionary branch in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a deep-sea abyss 4,000 meters below the Pacific.
This region is hotspot for biodiversity, yet it is also one of the most commercially coveted tracts of ocean.

Liz Kimbrough for #Mongabay.

Anglo American’s accountability deficit: broken promises and a legacy of abandonment - London Mining Network Join us as we host the UK launch of two key reports, focused on Anglo American’s abandoned promises in South Africa and Peru.

On 29 April, Anglo American’s shareholders will meet to celebrate bumper dividends. But what they should really be discussing is their legacy of broken promises to mining-affected communities.

At this event, we'll be exposing Anglo's accountability deficit:

From Codex Verde Linkedin:
🌱 Organizaciones socioambientales y científicas manifestaron su preocupación por el retiro de decretos ambientales, advirtiendo impactos en la institucionalidad y en avances logrados en los últimos años.
Lee la noticia completa en lnkd.in/dAZR7C2i

Japan is turning to the seabed to reduce its reliance on China Tokyo hopes the plan to mine as much as 16 million tonnes of rare earths will help reduce its reliance on China, but will it work?

Highlighting this part of the article "... key aspects remain unknown, including the quality of the minerals. Mining the mud had previously been seen as too expensive to be viable"

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Cuesta creer que uno de los lugares más hermosos, sublimes y diversos del Altiplano vaya a ser explotado por litio: laguna Verde, Región de Atacama.

¿Cómo se protege un ecosistema frágil y único? ¿Cómo se evita la destrucción irreversible de esta laguna?

#AmorPorLosSalares

Let's all embrace a itsjustajob mindset in 2026.

Jadar valley: United against the mine YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe

After decades of protest by Serbian civil society, Rio Tinto has halted its lithium exploration project in the Jadar Valley.

LMN member @earththrive.bsky.social has cautiously welcomed this victory: friendsoftheearth.eu/news/lithium...

Hear Aleksandra's perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxtA...

As crescentes zonas de sacrifício na América Latina | Revista Rosa 12

Em novo artigo em português, explico a relação entre as várias zonas de sacrifício na América Latina e a lógica crescentista desenvolvimentista que, mesmo dizendo buscar superar as amarras do mega-extrativismo, promove uma economia negacionista dos limites planetários.

Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."

Photo exhibition: 10 Years of Brazil’s Worst Environmental Crime - London Mining Network London Mining Network - Holding the Mining Industry to Account

10 years ago today, Brazil suffered the worst environmental crime in its history.

On this poignant anniversary, we’re honoured to share an exhibition of photos by Rebeca Binda, taken in the wake of the devastating dam failure: londonminingnetwork.org/2025/11/phot...

Exhibition open until 8 Dec.

Death to Spotify is hitting the mainstream, here's why you should get involved The Death to Spotify campaign pushes a powerful message

www.androidpolice.com/what-is-deat...

On Monday join us at LSE or online to hear about life in the world’s most polluted town - Kabwe Zambia - the origin and impact of the lead pollution, why it’s a corporate problem & the road to justice, eg the class-action

We'll launch our report with Environment Africa, RAID & London Mining Network

And this is why we should keep doing this work: bsky.app/profile/koja...

Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’ Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster

“We’re living in a sacrifice zone. Anglo American has polluted the water and the air we breathe.”

Glad to see this article published and shining a light on how Anglo American's mining operations are impacting the communities we work with in Chile 👇
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

In many ways this was inevitable - there are a few easy wins (increasingly cheap solar & wind) but generally dealing with climate change was always going to require tough decisions which politicians don't want to sell to electorates that should know better ...

The scientific consensus is clear on the causes of global heating. So why does the Science Museum continue to accept sponsorship from fossil fuel companies?

Join our webinar to learn about the growing movement to boycott the Science Museum until it ends toxic sponsorship 👇
zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A hybrid lecture on Mon 15 Sep will focus on understanding the links between urban and infrastructural transformation and destruction in the face of the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

The session will feature presentations from Prof Haim Yacobi (UCL) and Chloé Chbat (UoM)

Register: bit.ly/46fwX2M

White text on a Palestine flag reads: Palestine & Social Justice: Decolonisation and Development Studies 17 October 2025

Registration now open for the @gdi-students-4-pal.bsky.social conference on 'Palestine & Social Justice'.
🗓️ Conference date: Fri 17 October 2025
📍 Venue: Hybrid (University of Manchester/online)
🎟️ Free registration | Limited seats
🗓️ Register by: 28 September 2025
👉 Register: lnkd.in/eqVnvzFA

NEXT MONDAY, 2 pm UK!:

"Settler Colonial Urbanism(s) and Infrastructural Changes in Palestine", organsied by the GDI Students for Palestine, and the "Global Urban Futures" and "Resource, Environment and Development" at GDI.

zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Info:
events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:...

Giant Mine Remediation Project sign with mine in background

Today on our site we have "Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned" by @arnkeeling.bsky.social and John Sandlos

niche-canada.org/2025/09/03/y...

#envhist #mininghistory #cdnhist #indigenoushistory

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excited to share the call for the workshop

EXTRACTIVE NATURES / NATURES OF EXTRACTION

happening at @uobrisceh.bsky.social on 6-7 Nov 2025,

made possible by the @britishacademy.bsky.social

deadline: 10 September!

full call below ⤵

#envhist #envhum

I’m in @financialtimes.com on Trump’s recent move to make the Pentagon the top shareholder in the US only rare earths mine. This is the “worst of all worlds” resource nationalism: a toxic mix of environmental harm, militarism, Big Tech, financial de-risking, and asset appreciation. Link below ⬇️

‼️ EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism will be out in the UK with Icon Books on 25 September ‼️

A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.

A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.

Today is the final day of this year’s Annual Conference! ⬇️

Our agenda focuses on our shared futures, energy justice, displacement and migration, geographies of loneliness, coastal geographies, and much more. Check the agenda for our last day: bit.ly/45WpHtm #RGSIBG25

📢 Just 10 days left! Join the 4-part #TeachIn series on Palestine & Habitat 🏠🌍

🗓️ Dates:
30 July | 13 Aug | 27 Aug | 10 Sept
🕓 16:00–18:00 SAST
🔗 Register: bit.ly/Palestine-Te...
Let’s reflect, learn & act in solidarity.
#Palestine #LandRights #HousingJustice #HIC

Labour’s £1bn green belt land grab will power “chatbots and deepfakes” Outrage as Rayner approves 18-metre-high digital fortress on protected land—without a single environmental study

The government has approved a vast new data centre on protected green belt land

Despite there being no environmental impact assessment

And despite the local authority rejecting the development as inappropriate

Remind me again how AI will help us conserve nature?

US could meet critical minerals needs from mining waste, study finds China dominates production of crucial materials as other nations push to shore up their supplies

“US metal mines already have sufficient mineral endowment to substantially reduce the nation’s mineral [deficit]. Unrecovered, these byproducts contribute to the country’s growing industrial waste.”

www.ft.com/content/29cd...

This is kind of a random question, but does anyone here go to the RGS conference in Birmingham? I think I don't know anyone who is! 🤔