Doug Bostrom<p>The first lesson from this excellent reporting: never -ever- "throw away" copper.</p><p>We simply cannot afford to. The supply has to last as long as our civilization, and that supply makes a hell of a mess.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a><br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MineTailings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MineTailings</span></a><br><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/LivingBeyondOurMeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LivingBeyondOurMeans</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/columbia-basin-copper-mining-has-clean-energy-promise-risks/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">seattletimes.com/seattle-news/</span><span class="invisible">climate-lab/columbia-basin-copper-mining-has-clean-energy-promise-risks/</span></a></p>