Tag: mining
Earth’s Gold-Mining Machine
Earth operates an extraordinary natural factory that concentrates gold from barely detectable amounts into rich deposits that humans can mine. How?
Pond Scum Is Our Equal: That’s Nature Rights for You
Now, a “tribunal” will be held in New York to promote the rights of nature and undermine public support for fossil fuels.
Eric Hedin: The Miracle(s) of Metal
Humans have successfully utilized metals for millennia, and trace amounts of metals are crucial to our survival. Is that coincidence or something more?
Now, It’s the “Rights of the Moon”
It is easy to mock this movement and to not take it seriously. That’s how it will win.
Claiming “Person” Status, the Colorado River Sues
The river’s lawyer and an environmental group win friendly coverage from the New York Times.