A powerful photo from the Belgrade (Serbia) protest against the Green Agenda, BlackRock, Vanguard, and Rio Tinto, who are pushing to mine lithium in the country. 🇷🇸🔥
Thousands protest in Belgrade against the controversial Rio Tinto lithium mine, demanding the protection of Serbia’s environment and public health. #Serbia#Lithium#Protest
https://t.co/LDQjGTWHRv
More than 40,000 people gathered in #Belgrade to protest against lithium mining in Serbia by resource corporation Rio Tinto.
Rio Tinto's operations are marred by severe human rights abuses, organized crime, and environmental damage:#opcanary
1bb)Thousands protest in Serbia’s Belgrade against lithium mining project in the Jadar valley near Loznica:
Protesters say they fear project by mining giant Rio Tinto would pollute water sources and endanger public health.https://t.co/A7o3pT8QOi Serbien
Serbia: Protests in Belgrade against Rio Tinto's lithium project over pollution fears, halting railway traffic; government given 1 day to suspend it.
#Serbia#environmentaljustice
And they are right. Rio has a long corporate rap sheet where it has failed its environmental and social responsibilities. A couple of examples.
Panguna mine-Over a billion tonnes of waste tailings were released directly into the Jaba and Kawerong rivers during the operation of the Panguna mine.
Communities near Rio Tinto’s QMM mine in Madagascar have recorded uranium and lead levels 52 and 40 times in excess of WHO safe drinking water standards.
Destruction of cultural heritage sites one particularly egregious example is the destruction of Juukan Gorge in Western Australia.
One plan is destroy more cultural heritage sites. One such project is the Resolution Copper project in Arizona.
And the plan for Serbia.
@OyunerdeneMN@CoverMongolia
@KubaBielamowicz By Constitution, land belongs to people, not the government. People are saying NO to Rio Tinto.
Germany has lithium too, they can explode their own reserves.
Lithium extraction is TOXIC and CATASTROPHIC for the Environment!!!
We NEED CLEAN WATER to Survive as a Species!
"NO" to RIO TINTO and Every other Mining CORPORATION!!!
https://t.co/X2mdxcF1s0
Los serbios saben que no quieren la minería de litio sobre sus acuiferos, pese a que sus dirigentes insistan en ello.
Saben lo que viene detrás: contaminación y uso intensivo de agua.
¿Seremos en Cáceres más sumisos y lo permitiremos?
#noalaminacc
https://t.co/xpSusbhQY5
#BREAKING#Serbia JUST IN: New aerial footage shows massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia, against Rio Tinto's lithium mine project in Jadar Valley.
Video: @malagurski