'Fault lines': Are clean tech investors fuelling 'high-risk' mining projects?

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Report by Forests and Finance Coalition argues leading banks are continuing to finance 'destructive' mining operations that aim to meet booming demand from clean tech supply chains

Questions are again being asked over the extent to which the global clean tech boom could inadvertently fuel deforestation, environmental damage, and human rights violations as demand for critical minerals...

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