Green energy futures: Responsible mining on Minnesota's Iron Range

Energy Research and Social Science

Volumn 35, Issue , 2018, Pages 163-173

  Phadke, Roopali ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Mining; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034616512     PISSN: 22146296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.10.036     Document Type: Article

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