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Left-wing counter-demonstration called by LFI, the Ecologists and CGT against the RN demonstration for Marine Le Pen, Toulouse, France, April 6, 2025.

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Sweden’s “Green Transition”: Opportunities and Challenges

27. March 2025

Arne Müller

Northern Exposure Social-ecological transformation

In northern Sweden, the rapid expansion of green industries is transforming the region—but at what cost? As billions are invested in new mines, battery factories, and wind farms—investments are expected to reach 1,400 billion SEK (€120 billion) by 2040—local communities are caught between promises of economic prosperity and the pressures of environmental and social change. Driving this boom is the global race for minerals essential to the energy transition—rare earth metals, lithium, and other critical resources that ...
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