With EU law requiring at least 10% critical raw materials deemed crucial for the energy transition to be sourced within the bloc by 2030, policy makers need urgently to legislate for the safe disposal of growing volumes of mining waste, environmental campaigners have warned. A legal analysis commissioned by the campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) calls on the next European Commission, currently under formation, to revise the laws on extractive waste, warning of a “significant risk of fragmentation” of regulation from one country to the next if nothing is done. Under the recently adopt…