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« Une nouvelle ruée minière d’une ampleur inédite a commencé. Au nom de la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique, il faudrait produire en vingt ans autant de métaux qu’on en a extrait au cours de toute l’histoire de l’humanité. Ruée sur le cuivre en Andalousie, extraction de cobalt au Maroc, guerre des ressources en Ukraine, cette enquête sur des sites miniers du monde entier révèle l’impasse et l’hypocrisie de cette « transition » extractiviste. »
Source : présentation de « La ruée minière au XXIe siècle » – Enquête sur les métaux à l’ère de la transition – Celia Izoard
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