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Copper boom for electric cars threatens Andean vicuña
Original: Save # vicuña from # electric # cars https:// news.mongabay.com/2026/09/copp er-boom-fueling-energy-transition-puts-eart
A Mongabay report warns that the global copper boom, driven by demand for electric vehicles and the energy transition, is putting wildlands in the Andes at risk, including habitat of the vicuña. Conservation voices are sharing the story to highlight the biodiversity cost of green-technology mining and call for protecting wildlife from expanding mining operations.
Why now: New reporting links clean-energy mineral demand to wildlife habitat destruction in the Andes.
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- Save # vicuña from # electric # cars https:// news.mongabay.com/2026/09/copp er-boom-fueling-energy-transition-puts-earths-wildlands-at-risk/ # climate # biodiversity # wildlife # andes # environment # mining · nikolas@journa.host · 6
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