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New minerals push collides with old rights abuses in Philippines
Original: A new minerals push confronts an old human rights problem in the Philippines
A renewed drive to extract minerals in the Philippines is running into a longstanding human rights problem, according to Oxfam America's Politics of Poverty blog. The piece argues that expanded mining for metals needed in the energy transition risks repeating past abuses against local communities, and that safeguards must accompany any new extraction push.
Why now: Global demand for transition minerals is reviving mining activity in the Philippines, drawing fresh attention to unresolved rights concerns.
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- A new minerals push confronts an old human rights problem in the Philippines · politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org
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