Green extractivism and the Australian energy transition

Green extractivism and the Australian energy transition

Scouring the globe, Australian corporations and investors are expanding into new territories, both domestically and internationally, for new sources of “critical and strategic” minerals for the “green energy transition” to a zero carbon world. These minerals include lithium, copper, nickel, rare earth, and cobalt.

SALAR DE COIPASA, ORURO DEPT., BOLIVIA

SALAR DE COIPASA, ORURO DEPT., BOLIVIA

Located in Tarapacá region and crossed by the Bolivian border, Coipasa Salt Flat is under dispute since exploration works carried by the Canadian Lithium Chile were rejected by local Aymara communities because of the potential damage on wetlands that sustain both wildlife and cattle (alpacas).