Elizabeth Steyn

AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools AI is transforming how lawyers work, but legal education is lagging behind.

AI transformation in the legal sector begins in law schools
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Why critical minerals in Ontario's Ring of Fire are central in U.S.-Canada trade war | CBC News The Ring of Fire in northwestern Ontario has become a key figure in the battle to control critical minerals, which experts say is the heart of U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Canada. He...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #criticalminerals #ringoffire #canada

A new gold rush? Why critical minerals are the lifeblood of the next tech era | CBC News What does your smartphone have in common with a solar panel, or an EV battery, or a piece of military equipment? They're all made using critical minerals — an essential ingredient in powering the mode...

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Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

#Informalmining in #SouthAfrica is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will #artisanalmining
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Deep seabed mining: Bad for biodiversity and terrible for the economy Deep seabed mining is already controversial because of inherent environmental and biodiversity risks. A new study shows that its economic impacts may hit even harder.

My latest piece on #deepseamining

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Drawing lines in the South China Sea: what Beijing’s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean The Philippines has rejected new Chinese ‘baselines’ over the Scarborough Reef, saying they are a violation of its sovereign rights.

#china #geopolitics #unclos

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Very important to understand that electric vehicles won’t solve this particular problem. Ultimately, we’re going to need to find ways to reduce car trips overall.

#circulareconomy #recycling #valuefromwaste #copper

Congo's Gecamines offers $1 million to block Chinese deal with Chemaf - MINING.COM Chemaf agreed to sell its assets to Chinese defence and industrial giant, China North Industries Corp, or Norinco in June.

#criticalminerals #cobalt #congo #china #geopolitics

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I’d love that!

Please add me. I work on #criticalminerals and #batterymetals .

#circularity

#batterymetals #CRMA #evs #tariffs #China

Please add me @eastasiascitech.bsky.social . I look at China’s outsize role in #criticalminerals and #geopolitics. This includes science & technology issues such as rare earth processing technology.

#criticalminerals #batterymetals #energytransition

#criticalminerals #Canada

#criticalminerals #IRA

#criticalminerals #energytransition #supplychainsecurity

Check out my colleague @cat-rainsford on her bluesky debut with this interesting thread on the control of minerals critical to electric vehicles in conflict-ridden Myanmar #TransitionMinerals

A Cash-Starved Russian Ally Detains Western Miners’ Staff in Tax Raid — The Wall Street Journal Mali’s military junta has netted almost a quarter-billion dollars in payments from international mining companies in recent weeks

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#Indigenousrights #maori #newzealand #treatyofwaitangi

“The shoes’ whereabouts remain unknown, however, and the childcare centre is hoping to prevent a repeat of the incidents by covering the cubbyholes with nets at night in what it described as a “crime prevention measure”.”

#Bizhumanrights

“As the world’s third largest fossil fuel exporter, the Australian government is exporting climate destruction overseas, including to Pacific nations like Vanuatu, who experience the most devastating impacts of the climate crisis, despite contributing the least,” he said.”This is climate injustice.”

Week one: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho

“Gazprom is not the first gas company to advertise to children via colouring books. In 2011 the Canadian fossil fuel company Talisman Energy produced a book featuring a dinosaur called “Talisman Terry, your friendly Fracosaurus”.”
#COP29

Russian spy ship escorted away from area with critical cables in Irish Sea
#security #cybersecurity

#IRA #energytransition

Cost overruns of mega projects

Nuclear storage has an average cost overrun of 238%. With nuclear power projects its 120%

Solar power has an average cost overrun of 1%

www.enr.com/articles/557...

“Azerbaijan, where COP29 is taking place, is the second petrostate in a row to host the talks.” #COP29

#environmentaljustice #weee #electronicwaste