Fwd: The Dark Side of Green Energy

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Jean Boucher

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Apr 26, 2021, 9:54:00 PM4/26/21
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Quite good, from Al Jazeera - Jean

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2020, “The Dark Side of Green Energy,” Al Jazeera (48 minutes)

“As the world moves away from fossil fuels, we look at how greener energies are creating new environmental challenges.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2020/9/7/the-dark-side-of-green-energy

https://watch.thewest.com.au/show/345576


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Robert Rattle

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Apr 26, 2021, 11:04:25 PM4/26/21
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May be of related interest:

Two complementary presentations to put in your calendar:

 

April 27 | New Report – Reducing New Mining for Electric Vehicle Battery Metals | Prepared for Earthwrorks by researchers at the University of Technology Sydney’s Institute for Sustainable Futures (Australia) | Registration April 27 (2pmPT / 5pmET / 9pmGMT)

 

May 5 | New Report – Green Energy, Green Mining, Green New Deal? MiningWatch Canada’s Annual General Meeting Public Webinar Series | Registration May 5 (11amPT / 2pmET / 7pmGMT)

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[le français suit - traduction simultanée]

Free registration | Facebook 

 

 

Green Energy, Green Mining, Green New Deal?

 

Webinar May 5, 2021

11 am (Vancouver/San Francisco/La Paz) – 2 pm (Toronto/New York/Santiago) – 7 pm (London/Lisbon/Lagos)

Free registration | Facebook 

 

The mining sector is working hard to take advantage of the climate crisis, painting mining as "green" because it supplies materials needed to support the green energy transition. But unless demand for both energy and materials are curtailed, environmental destruction and social conflicts will also continue to grow. How can a "Green New Deal" address this contradiction?

 

— with —

 

May Dagher & Dmitri Kharitidi 

Citizen coalition against Nouveau Monde Graphite project, Quebec, Canada

(see also here, here, and here)

 

Payal Sampat

Mining Program Director at Earthworks, co-leader of the Making Clean Energy Clean, Just & Equitable campaign and co-author of the recent report Recharge Responsibly

 

Thea N. Riofrancos

Associate Professor of Political Science (Providence College), co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal and author of Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador

 

Opening/Closing – Monique Manatch

Algonquins of Barriere Lake Knowledge Keeper, cofounder of Indigenous Culture & Media Innovations

 

Moderator – Jamie Kneen

Communications & Strategy Coordinator, MiningWatch Canada, co-author of Turning Down the Heat: Can We Mine Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?  

 

See also War on Want’s recent report on this issue:

A Material Transition: Exploring Supply and Demand Solutions For Renewable Energy Minerals

 

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[English above - simultaneous translation]

Inscription gratuite | Facebook

 

 

Transition Juste, Énergie Propre, Mines Vertes?

 

Conférence 5 Mai 2021

11am (Vancouver/San Francisco/La Paz) - 2pm (Montréal/New York/Santiago) - 7pm (Londres/Lisbonne/Lagos)

Inscription gratuite | Facebook

 

Le secteur minier déploie de nombreux efforts pour profiter de la crise climatique, qualifiant l'exploitation minière de «verte» car elle fournit des matériaux nécessaires pour soutenir la transition énergétique. Mais à moins que la demande en énergie et en matériaux ne soit réduite, la destruction de l'environnement et les conflits sociaux continueront de croître. Comment une «Transition Juste» et un «Green New Deal» peuvent-ils résoudre cette contradiction?

 

— avec —

 

May Dagher & Dmitri Kharitidi 

Coalition citoyenne opposée au projet de Nouveau Monde Graphite au Québec, Canada 

(voir aussi ici, ici et ici)

 

Payal Sampat

Directrice du programme minier à Earthworks, co-leader de la campagne internationale Pour une transition énergétique propre, juste et équitable, et co-auteure du récent rapport Rechargez de façon responsable 

 

Thea N. Riofrancos

Professeure associée en Sciences politiques (Université Providence, États-Unis), co-auteure de Une planète à gagner: pourquoi nous avons besoin d'un Green New Deal, et auteure de Souverains des ressources: du pétro-nationalisme au post-extractivisme en Équateur

 

Ouverture/Clôture : Monique Manatch

Gardienne des savoirs de la Nation Algonquine du Lac Barrière, cofondatrice de Innovations culturelles et médiatiques Autochtones

 

Animation : Jamie Kneen

Coordonnateur aux stratégies et communications, MiningWatch Canada, coauteur principal de Pour que le climat ait meilleure mine: comment fournir les minéraux nécessaires aux énergies renouvelables?  

 

Sur le même sujet, voir le récent rapport de l’organisme britannique War on Want

Une transition matérielle: explorer les solutions pour la demande et l’approvisionnement des minéraux nécessaires aux énergies renouvelables 






Ilan Kelman

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Apr 27, 2021, 4:14:53 AM4/27/21
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Halina Brown

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May 3, 2021, 10:05:44 PM5/3/21
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I would like to bring to everyone’s attention the Al Jazeera’s documentary about the environmental and social cost of energy transition. Jean Boucher sent it out a week ago and somehow it escaped the  notice of SCORAI-ers. The message is not new but it is very well told. It may be effectively used as educational  material for the general public as well as techno-optimists.

 

Halina Brown

 

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Quite good, from Al Jazeera - Jean

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From: Leslie Sponsel <spo...@hawaii.edu>
Date: Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 12:11 PM
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2020, “The Dark Side of Green Energy,” Al Jazeera (48 minutes)

“As the world moves away from fossil fuels, we look at how greener energies are creating new environmental challenges.”

https://www.aljazeera.com/program/featured-documentaries/2020/9/7/the-dark-side-of-green-energy

https://watch.thewest.com.au/show/345576

 

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Richard Rosen

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May 4, 2021, 7:48:09 AM5/4/21
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There is a dark side to all consumption, but the world still needs to achieve 100% renewable energy as fast as possible. It is not a matter of "technological optimism" but necessity.  Again, less consumption aided by lower population growth all help to minimize other negative impacts.   --- Rich

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Joel MH

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May 4, 2021, 8:11:47 AM5/4/21
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I had similar concerns about the documentary. I thought it was interesting and posed some very important questions, but I also found the framing problematic as most of the issues highlighted could be considered to stem from a reluctance to address energy demand, rather than the green energy transition more broadly.

This point kind of came out towards the end, but I'd have preferred it to be a major part of the framing from the outset.

Best,
Joel 

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Jean Boucher

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May 4, 2021, 1:02:17 PM5/4/21
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From what I know, Sweden has had some form of an energy tax since the mid 1920s (maybe other countries have also?). Obviously distinct from a carbon tax. Maybe we need to talk more about a general energy tax to help shift people's thinking that energy, in any form, is not free from unseen impacts. See some of this here: 


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