They demand “green” energy, but, they do not seem to want to allow the things necessary to actually make it, at least here in the US
A proposed mining road in Northwest Alaska sparks debate amid climate change impacts
In Northwest Alaska, a proposed mining road has become a flashpoint in a region already stressed by climate change.
The 211-mile Ambler Access Road would cut through Gates of the Arctic National Park and cross 11 major rivers and thousands of streams relied on for salmon and caribou.
The Trump administration approved the project this fall, setting off concerns over how the Inupiaq subsistence way of life can survive amid rapid environmental change. Many fear the road could push the ecosystem past a breaking point yet also recognize the need for jobs.
The Ambler Mining District holds one of the largest undeveloped sources of copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold in North America.
Demand for minerals used in renewable energy is expected to grow, though most copper mined in the U.S. currently goes to construction — not green technologies.
Do you or do you not want the materials to make “green” stuff?
The Ambler road would cross a vast, largely undisturbed region. Building it would require nearly 50 bridges, thousands of culverts and more than 100 truck trips a day during peak operations.
Federal biologists warn naturally occurring asbestos could be kicked up by passing trucks and settle onto waterways and vegetation that caribou rely on. The Bureau of Land Management designated some 1.2 million acres of nearby salmon spawning and caribou calving habitat as “critical environmental concern.”
Mining would draw large volumes of water from lakes and rivers, disturb permafrost and rely on a tailings facility to hold toxic slurry. With record rainfall becoming more common, downstream communities fear contamination of drinking water and traditional foods.
So, what I’m reading is that making “green” stuff is bad for the environment.
So, the cultists were perfectly fine with bulldozing a road through the Amazon jungle, to get to the silly COP30 conference, an event which could have been held via videoconference, or at the least someplace with the infrastructure already in place, but a road to a mining are which produces materials that are actually useful for modern life, why Heaven forfend!
Dana
That road “through the Amazon” was 8 miles long
It connected the airport to a city of 1 million
The road had been planned for the last 12 years
It was scheduled to be built long before the “cult” agreed to meet there.
You apparently know little about that road.or have any idea where that city is located. It is a saltwater port city 60 miles from the coast.
Lol you make it seem like it is some major construction project
Dana
8 miles ,????
The Earth, her resources, her wildlife, plants, animals, fishes, minerals, gas and oil were created for humanity to exploit, according to christianiity. God did NOT put them in our laps – that would be too easy – He/She challenges us to find and harvest them.
He/She put our oil in the Middle East and Venezuela. Our fish and sea food in the oceans. Our wood in the jungle and forests. Our minerals on the ocean floors and frozen tundras. Humans “evolved” from the challenges He/She put before us!!! It’s why She/He made males strong and females pretty.
Only some unknown but low % of the minerals extracted from that mine will be used in “green stuff” your point has insignificant validity
Anytime you open out mine in a wet area the risks of toxic pollution are exponentially increased
The locals don’t want it or need it out elites would no doubt profit handsomely
That road would be a no-brainer for the greens but they’d have to build a nice new airport that could host hundreds of private jets, along with some fancy new hotels, restaurants, ect., to handle all those trying to save the planet….
“So, what I’m reading is that making “green” stuff is bad for the environment.”
Yeah, pretty much. I’m sure you’ve seen the article out there recently about plastic recycling resulting in more microplastics than tossing it in a landfill.
“Now, which narrative do I support NOW?”
Recycling of plastics is an industry myth. Little of it happens.
We take oil out of the ground –> turn it into plastics –> use it, eat it –> bury it in the ground (landfills)!
Your brain contains microplastics and forever chemicals (polyfluorocarbons). We’ll see how that experiment turns out.
A hundred millions years or two from now our underground plastics will have turned back into oil! Our descendants will thank us!
We’re seeing the results of the experiment in real time thanks to you.
Jl has not bothered to look at a Google map to actually see for himself where that airport is located.
Belem is a city of 1 million people. The area all around the airport is already developed.
Belem is a big city and a developed seaport it is not done town located in the middle of an undeveloped pristine environment. Lol the airport is 8 miles from a downtown with skyscrapers. It is not a village
Jl get a grip. People are not going to make major investments for a one time event. I mean really would you build a hotel for a one time event? Would doing so be a long term money maker?
Did anyone posting here ever looked at a map of Belem showing the airport? You MUST not believe internet “facts” that you see and want to believe. You MUST verify, especially on any days that you want to believe.
How many assumed that Belem was somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rainforest .? It isn’t it is the 12th largest city in Brazil. 2 million within the metropolitan area which of course would include the airport. No wild jaguars here !
Dana
Tell me you now understand a bit more about that airport road through the metro area of Belem
Tell me that someone, anyone, posting here can read a map