Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

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Six major incidents so far in 2025

Eva Marquis and Karen Hudson-Edwards

A tailings dam

A tailings dam | Credits: Shutterstock

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million…

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