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Campaigners urge curbs on demand for imported mined materials linked to rights abuses
A ‘No Lithium No Mine’ sign is displayed on April 24, 2023, on the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, near McDermitt, Nevada
ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have called on the Scottish government to help curb imports of mined materials linked to human rights abuses.
Friends of the Earth Scotland, in a report published today, cautioned the way such materials, required in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, are extracted.
Environmental destruction is being caused by the mining of lithium for electric car batteries and iron ore to produce steel for wind turbines, it said.
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