There is a very useful source on the Friends of the Earth UK pages:
http://www.foe.org.uk/car/clickon/java/html/metals.html
If for some reason that doesn't work, it's quite hard to find: go to
foe.org.uk, and then to National Campaigns, then Atmosphere and Transport,
then Test Drive the Virtual Car, and then select Metals from the list of
factsheets at the end of that page. Although this material concentrates on
the contributin which the demand for cars makes to the demand for metal, and
only thus to the impact of mining, there are some useful facts here about
your query. At least I hope you agree that there are.
Susan
Susan Hoyle
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 06 April 1999 08:01
Subject: Ecological Impacts of Mining
>Any good sources, online or off, or off the top of your head, on the
>Ecological Impacts of Mining, and the Impacts of Mining on Indigenous
>Communities?
>
>Mining is of course the basis for everything we use. The steel in our cars,
>aluminum, coal, oil, copper, etc.
>
>Also if anyone can supply good sources on The Destructive Impact of
>Hydroelectric Plants both in terms of river ecologies as well as indigenous
>communities, with possible histories of regions, that would be helpful as
>well.
>
>Is there also a history of the ecologically devastating impact of roads?
>
>And then any reports on manufacturing would be helpful as well.
>
>I am teaching a workshop on The Ecological Evils of Industrialism and I
need
>some concrete examples.
>
>Any help in this regard would be much appreciated.
>
>Sincerely,
>
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