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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12646

29 January 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
Mining encouraged by European Green Deal must not destroy nature and health, warns CEE Bankwatch Network
Brussels, 28/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

Despite its long-term goals of achieving a circular economy and reducing resource use, the European Green Deal is pushing mining to meet the demand for clean energy, renewable energy and other advanced technology solutions, which can be to the detriment of workers, local communities and nature, warns the NGO CEE Bankwatch Network in a report published on Thursday 28 January.

The European Commission has presented extensive plans to ensure access to ICT raw materials, but makes little mention...

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