“OUR NATION’S MINERAL SECURITY IS A SIGNIFICANT, URGENT, AND OFTEN IGNORED CHALLENGE”
U.S. SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI (ALASKA)
THE FUTURE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY:
Copper is Critical
Without copper, life as we know it today would not exist. According to the Copper Alliance, “copper is essential for the renewable energy technologies needed to combat climate change, including solar panels and wind turbines.”
“Copper helps reduce greenhouse gases, combat climate change, and create a sustainable planet”
MATERIAL FOR A MODERN WORLD
COPPER ALLIANCE
THE FUTURE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY:
Green Energy Needs Mining
There is no green energy without mining. The World Bank indicates “little attention has been paid to the implications of growing demand for materials required in the construction of renewable technologies and zero emission infrastructure.”
“A transition to a low carbon society is a change that will require vast amounts of minerals”
MINERAL SUPPLY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Nature 2017 — Page 2
THE FUTURE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY:
Domestic Production Matters
We should be mining HERE, where environmental protections are greatest. According to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, “we have to find the political will to advance policies that allow us to rebuild a robust domestic supply chain.”
