Mapping the Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition
Channel: MiningWatch Canada
Date: 2021-11-25

The global launch of a new interactive map took place November 23, 2021. Affected communities, researchers, and international civil society organizations collaborated to launch a new EJ Atlas Interactive Map that chronicles the mining boom for critical minerals and the communities organising across the Americas for a just transition

With:
• Mariana Walter and Yannick Deniau – Spain/France – Respectively, post-doctoral researcher & geographer at the Environmental Justice Project, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
• May Dagher and Dmitri Kharitidi – Graphite – Canada – Spokespeople for the Citizen Coalition Against Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Project (Quebec, Canada)
• Gary McKinney – Lithium – USA – Western Shoshone-Northern Paiute Nation, about Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass Project (Nevada, USA)
• Clemente Flores – Lithium – Argentina – Spokesperson of the Indigenous Peoples’ Round Table for the Protection of the Lake of Guayatayoc and Salinas Grandes Basin (northwestern Argentina)
• Sara Gómez Honores – Copper – Chile – Spokesperson of Putaendo Resiste about Los Andes’ Vizcachitas Copper Mining Project (Aconcagua, Chile)

Context

Over the next 30 years, it’s expected that three billion tons of metals and minerals will be required to power the energy transition. But at what cost? Twenty-five communities on the frontlines of the energy transition have teamed up with Environmental Justice Atlas and MiningWatch Canada to map the ‘green’ mining boom’s many impacts and share strategies of resistance across the Americas. Join us at the global launch of a new interactive map to better understand key regional trends and hear from communities leading the way towards a just transition.

Thank you to our contributors! 11th Hour Foundation, ECHO Foundation, Ford Foundation, Indigenous Environmental Network, and the Western Mining Action Network