A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A view of an open pit mine at Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia March 14, 2023. REUTERS/B. Rentsendorj 

A conveyor belt transfers lignite in the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

Lignite is seen at a loading station near the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A worker walks next to a bucket wheel excavator in the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A loading station for lignite is seen near the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A bucket wheel excavator digs for lignite in the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A high-voltage power station is seen near the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Vassilis Triandafyllou 

A coal-fired power plant is seen near the open-pit mine field in Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Vassilis Triandafyllou 

A bucket wheel excavator digs for lignite in the open-pit mine field of Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Vassilis Triandafyllou 

A forest area is seen near the open-pit mine field in Megalopolis, Greece June 9, 2022. Picture taken June 9, 2022. REUTERS/Costas Baltas 

A miner walks past a blast drill and dumper trucks in an open pit mine at the Kibali gold mine Haut-Uele province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 8, 2021. Picture taken October 8, 2021. REUTERS/Hereward Holland 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen behind the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen behind the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The logo of the company PGE is seen on a building at the Turow open-pit coal mine in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen behind the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The logo of the company PGE is seen on a building next to a statue of Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, at the Turow open-pit coal mine in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen near the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE is seen in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen behind an excavator at the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A conveyor belt with coal is seen at the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

A cooling tower from the Turow coal-fired power plant is seen near the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

The Turow coal-fired power plant is seen behind an excavator at the Turow open-pit coal mine operated by the company PGE in Bogatynia, Poland, June 15, 2021. Picture taken June 15, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Workers conduct excavator maintenance at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A worker stands on the bank of the lake near Petrov glacier, main water source for the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level, in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows a sewage treatment station at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the lake near the Petrov glacier, main water source for the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level, in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A dump truck drives at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the ore processing factory at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

A general view shows the ore processing factory at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

Dump trucks drive at the Kumtor open pit gold mine at an altitude of about 4,000 meters above sea level in the Tien Shan mountains, Kyrgyzstan, May 28, 2021. Picture taken May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Vladimir Pirogov 

Tayyibe Demirel, 64, who is refusing to sell her olive grove to coal mining companies, chats with a mining company official in her olive grove in Turgut village near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 24, 2021. Demirel won a new court case against the expansion of an open-pit coal mine towards her village. She's a part of "No Coal Mugla", a local movement to stop coal expansion and battle pollution. Looking over the vast lands of open coal mines, dry and grey lands neighbouring her olive grove, what she calls a "pit of hell," Demirel says: "I am in love with the trees, the green. I am in love with the singing of the birds and nature. Three or four years ago, this demolished land was full of tulips, poppies and daisies. Which one is better, a hell pit or nature?" REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Tayyibe Demirel, 64, who is refusing to sell her olive grove to coal mining companies, chats with a mining company official in her olive grove in Turgut village near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 24, 2021. Demirel won a new court case against the expansion of an open-pit coal mine towards her village. She's a part of "No Coal Mugla", a local movement to stop coal expansion and battle pollution. Looking over the vast lands of open coal mines, dry and grey lands neighbouring her olive grove, what she calls a "pit of hell," Demirel says: "I am in love with the trees, the green. I am in love with the singing of the birds and nature. Three or four years ago, this demolished land was full of tulips, poppies and daisies. Which one is better, a hell pit or nature?" REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Tayyibe Demirel, 64, who is refusing to sell her olive grove to coal mining companies, stands at the edge of her olive grove and watches the open pit coal mine which is a few steps away in Turgut village near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 25, 2021. Determined to save her land and village, Demirel has singlehandedly taken on the operators extending the mine to feed what is one of Turkey's largest power plants. She won a court case against the expansion of the mine towards her village. Her victory in court halted plans for mine expansion, but Demirel fears her six-acre property is being surrounded. "I am in love with the trees, the green. I am in love with the singing of the birds and nature. Three or four years ago, this demolished land was full of tulips, poppies and daisies. Which one is better, a hell pit or nature?" REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A view shows an open-pit coal mine and abandoned Yesilyurt village near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 25, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

A view shows an open-pit coal mine near Turgut village at southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 25, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A view shows an open-pit coal mine and olive groves of Turgut village near southwestern town of Yatagan in Mugla province, Turkey, February 25, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Archaeologists work on a site in the middle of abandoned houses and a mosque of Isikdere neighbourhood of Ikizkoy village as an open-pit coal mine is seen in the background, near southwestern town of Milas in Mugla province, Turkey, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas SEARCH "UMIT COAL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A view of the MP Materials rare earth open-pit mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus 

A mining truck takes ore from the open-pit mine at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus 

An aerial view of the Big Hole, a historic open pit and underground mine, now abandoned, in Kimberley, South Africa, October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham 

An aerial view of the Big Hole, a historic open pit and underground mine, now abandoned, is seen in Kimberley, South Africa, October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham 

Trucks are loaded with rocks for processing at an open pit at the Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo 

Trucks are seen unloading rocks for processing at an open pit at Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo 

A truck is seen loaded with rocks for processing at an open pit at Dorowa mine in Hwedza, Zimbabwe October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo 

Costa Rica's former president and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate Oscar Arias, speaks to the media before attending a court hearing after the Public Prosecutor's Office accused him of an illegally authorised concession for the Canada-based Infinito Gold to operate an open-pit gold mine known as Crucitas, in San Jose, Costa Rica September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate 

Costa Rica's former president and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate Oscar Arias, speaks to the media before attending a court hearing after the Public Prosecutor's Office accused him of an illegally authorised concession for the Canada-based Infinito Gold to operate an open-pit gold mine known as Crucitas, in San Jose, Costa Rica September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate