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There's so many more questions to ask about the types of investment, structure of mining companies, materials of clean tech and demand-side alternatives

November 2, 2023 at 6:26 PM

Ian Morse

@ianjmorse.bsky.social

Justice is about so much more than minimizing harms
from: thetyee.ca/Culture/2023...

In the Pitfall introduction, I similarly recount how an oil and gas CEO silenced a room of activists at a conference I was attending, simply by asking if any of them used oil.

It’s a successful rhetorical strategy, because it reflects an indisputable truth. We can’t live in comfort without mining. Where I differ with this speaker, is what we should do about this dependence. If we need mining, especially to save the world from climate change, how well we do it must be everyone’s business. How do we minimize the harms?

October 10, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Ian Morse

@ianjmorse.bsky.social

Thanks!

October 6, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Ian Morse

@ianjmorse.bsky.social

Some of my favorite stories:
www.technologyreview.com/2023/05/16/1...

chinadialogue.net/en/food/the-...

thegeckoproject.org/topics/plasma/

news.mongabay.com/2021/10/deep...

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature...

October 6, 2023 at 7:20 PM

Ian Morse

@ianjmorse.bsky.social

Now I live in Seattle, and I'm interested in how businesses are approaching climate action in various sectors. And I still do work in Indonesia
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October 6, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Ian Morse

@ianjmorse.bsky.social

....which is just about everything. What fascinates me is the effect of climate action on the industry, and how people view it. That sparked my newsletter on mining and climate: greenrocks.substack.com