Elizabeth Steyn
@elizabeth-steyn.bsky.social
Law prof at UCalgary, Canada. Critical minerals expert. Passionate about environmental justice, the protection of biodiversity, and ocean governance. Yogi. Scuba diver.
AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
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AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
AI is transforming how lawyers work, but legal education is lagging behind.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
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theconversation.com/ai-transform... #ai #legaleducation #lawyers #lawprofs
#Informalmining in #SouthAfrica is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will #artisanalmining
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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.
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January 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#Informalmining in #SouthAfrica is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will #artisanalmining
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Very important to understand that electric vehicles won’t solve this particular problem. Ultimately, we’re going to need to find ways to reduce car trips overall.
"Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, [account] for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally."
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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
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November 30, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Very important to understand that electric vehicles won’t solve this particular problem. Ultimately, we’re going to need to find ways to reduce car trips overall.
December 1, 2024 at 4:58 AM
We use about 100 billion tons of raw materials every year and that number is steadily increasing.
www.circularity-gap.world/2024
www.circularity-gap.world/2024
CGR 2024
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November 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Summarising expert views on the China-made EV tariffs and discussing four scenarios. Policy considerations: Promote, Protect, Partner.
November 23, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Factory location matters!
Due to varying labour and electricity prices, the cost to produce cells will vary greatly across Europe.
Therefore, the trade off between labour/electricity costs, and manufacturing know how is critical to cost competitive production.
Due to varying labour and electricity prices, the cost to produce cells will vary greatly across Europe.
Therefore, the trade off between labour/electricity costs, and manufacturing know how is critical to cost competitive production.
November 23, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Navigating ‘The Valley of Death’
Why Canada’s emerging critical minerals miners are struggling to survive and what can be done about it
Niall McGee www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Why Canada’s emerging critical minerals miners are struggling to survive and what can be done about it
Niall McGee www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Navigating ‘The Valley of Death’: Why Canada’s emerging critical minerals miners are struggling to survive and what can be done about it
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November 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Trump 2.0 won't reverse Biden's critical minerals push
By Andy Home www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
By Andy Home www.reuters.com/markets/us/t...
Trump 2.0 won't reverse Biden's critical minerals push
Donald Trump has described the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as a "green scam" and vowed to repeal it after he returns to the White House in January.
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November 23, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Challenges in critical minerals supply threaten global energy transitions www.miningweekly.com/article/chal...
Challenges in critical minerals supply threaten global energy transitions
An unprecedented surge in demand for critical minerals on the back of global transitions to clean energy is posing significant challenges in meeting these goals, as the critical minerals sector experi...
www.miningweekly.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Check out my colleague @cat-rainsford on her bluesky debut with this interesting thread on the control of minerals critical to electric vehicles in conflict-ridden Myanmar #TransitionMinerals
Myanmar’s Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) hopes to soon resume rare earth mining in the Pangwa-Chipwi region on the Chinese border, local media report. This would conclude a massive shift of power in a mineral crucial to the green energy transition shorturl.at/9Qsd8 Thread 🧵⬇️
Myanmar’s KIA Says Rare Earth Mining Set to Resume in Pangwa-Chipwi Area
It said negotiations are under way with businessmen in Pangwa and Chipwi towns, which the KIA seized from the junta in recent months.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Check out my colleague @cat-rainsford on her bluesky debut with this interesting thread on the control of minerals critical to electric vehicles in conflict-ridden Myanmar #TransitionMinerals
Nine-day hīkoi to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori rights – in pictures
Nine-day hīkoi to uphold the Treaty of Waitangi and Māori rights – in pictures
A protest march has travelled for nine days across New Zealand, culminating at Wellington and parliament on Tuesday Continue reading...
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November 19, 2024 at 1:21 AM
“The shoes’ whereabouts remain unknown, however, and the childcare centre is hoping to prevent a repeat of the incidents by covering the cubbyholes with nets at night in what it described as a “crime prevention measure”.”
Police track down unlikely shoe thief from Japanese kindergarten
Police track down unlikely shoe thief from Japanese kindergarten
Officers installed security cameras to get to the bottom of the thefts, and ended up uncovering a four-legged culprit
Police and staff were initially flummoxed when shoes started disappearing from a kindergarten in south-west Japan, not least because the…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:50 AM
“The shoes’ whereabouts remain unknown, however, and the childcare centre is hoping to prevent a repeat of the incidents by covering the cubbyholes with nets at night in what it described as a “crime prevention measure”.”
The cement company that paid millions to Isis: was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity? – podcast
The cement company that paid millions to Isis: was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity? – podcast
The French cement giant started operating in Syria just before the civil war erupted. When Islamic State took over the region, Lafarge paid them protection money so it could keep trading. The consequences are still playing out. By Samanth Subramanian…
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November 18, 2024 at 5:49 AM
“As the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, the Australian government is exporting climate destruction overseas, including to Pacific nations like Vanuatu, who experience the most devastating impacts of the climate crisis, despite contributing the least,” he said.”This is climate injustice.”
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Labor government ‘not acting in good faith’ when it stands on global stage and promotes its climate credentials, special envoy at Cop29 says
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November 18, 2024 at 5:18 AM
“As the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, the Australian government is exporting climate destruction overseas, including to Pacific nations like Vanuatu, who experience the most devastating impacts of the climate crisis, despite contributing the least,” he said.”This is climate injustice.”
Week one: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho
“Gazprom is not the first gas company to advertise to children via colouring books. In 2011 the Canadian fossil fuel company Talisman Energy produced a book featuring a dinosaur called “Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus”.”
#COP29
“Gazprom is not the first gas company to advertise to children via colouring books. In 2011 the Canadian fossil fuel company Talisman Energy produced a book featuring a dinosaur called “Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus”.”
#COP29
November 16, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Week one: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho
“Gazprom is not the first gas company to advertise to children via colouring books. In 2011 the Canadian fossil fuel company Talisman Energy produced a book featuring a dinosaur called “Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus”.”
#COP29
“Gazprom is not the first gas company to advertise to children via colouring books. In 2011 the Canadian fossil fuel company Talisman Energy produced a book featuring a dinosaur called “Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus”.”
#COP29
November 16, 2024 at 10:34 PM
The stickiness of the IRA is a feature, not a bug. More than 3/4 of announced IRA clean energy investment is going to Republican districts. In a close house, it won't take many votes to thwart a repeal of manufacturing tax credits.
November 16, 2024 at 10:10 PM
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Cost overruns of mega projects
Nuclear storage has an average cost overrun of 238%. With nuclear power projects its 120%
Solar power has an average cost overrun of 1%
www.enr.com/articles/557...
Nuclear storage has an average cost overrun of 238%. With nuclear power projects its 120%
Solar power has an average cost overrun of 1%
www.enr.com/articles/557...
November 16, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Cost overruns of mega projects
Nuclear storage has an average cost overrun of 238%. With nuclear power projects its 120%
Solar power has an average cost overrun of 1%
www.enr.com/articles/557...
Nuclear storage has an average cost overrun of 238%. With nuclear power projects its 120%
Solar power has an average cost overrun of 1%
www.enr.com/articles/557...