Rush for critical minerals tests Europe’s resolve to protect nature

A Climate Home News investigation found that more than half of the EU’s “strategic” mineral projects lie on, or within a kilometre, of protected Natura 2000 sites
A couple of houses are nestled halfway up a green and forested hills with high mountains in the background
The Vedra Valley in Lombardy, Italy, where a zinc mining project is being developed, is located inside a Natura 2000 site (Photo: Vittoria Torsello)

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