Mining for renewable energy industry could threaten biodiversity, scientists warn

Mining for renewable energy materials could threaten biodiversity, researchers have found. Scientists at the University of Queensland, Brisbane found a high degree of overlap between areas used for mining essential minerals like lithium, which is used for car batteries, and areas with high levels of biodiversity as yet untouched by industry. Conservationists are "often naive to the threats posed by significant growth in renewable energies", the researchers said in the study published in the jour