Sámi reindeer herders protest EU-backed graphite mine, fearing lost grazing ground
via news.mongabay.com
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Sweden has granted the Australia-based battery anode and graphite company, Talga Group, the necessary permits to move forward with its Nunasvaara South graphite mine near Vittangi in northern Sweden. The move comes after the mine, backed by the E.U., went through a community consultation process and studies to reduce its impacts, and after the Swedish […]