Environment / Justice
Articles about Justice, ordered by date. 
.jpg "London transport users engage with their devices – and indium, terbium, lithium, cobalt, copper and numerous other critical minerals.Photo: PjrTransport/Alamy")
Can mining save the world?
They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.
What if…
We took degrowth seriously? Ditching planet-popping expansion for justice is a vision worth getting behind, says Dinyar Godrej.
Sand dredgers defeated
In Koh Kong province, Cambodia a band of Mother Nature activists have scored a victory in the battle against environmentally destructive sand dredging writes Fran Lambrick.
The weighted scales of justice
Being on the wrong side of suspicion can have extreme consequences where formal justice systems are not fully functional, realizes Amy Booth on a visit to a prison.
Deadliest year for eco-defenders
For environmental defenders – from activists to indigenous leaders – 2016 was the deadliest year on record, writes Kelsi Farrington
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Can mining save the world? | Critical minerals | May, 2025 |
| What if… | Abolition | March, 2022 |
| Sand dredgers defeated | Black Lives Matter | March, 2018 |
| The weighted scales of justice | What's left for the young? | January, 2018 |
| Deadliest year for eco-defenders | Brazil's soft coup | October, 2017 |
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