By Michael Snyder Did you know that a little town in the mountains of North Carolina is the primary worldwide producer of a substance that…
By Kam Hesari The global shift toward clean energy is set to trigger a supercycle in commodities, reshaping demand for raw materials as nations push…
By Emily Thompson Serbians are furious over a government plan to develop a lithium mine despite warnings that it could be detrimental to public health…
By Tyler Durden In late May, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order requiring 6,400 junior groundwater rights holders who…
By The World Foundation for Natural Science Dear friend of Mother Earth, The seas and oceans of this Earth make her a unique, blue planet–a…
By SupplyChainBrain Over 100 cases of alleged human rights violations and environmental abuses by Chinese-invested companies involved in mineral mining supply chains were identified in…
By Peter Tocci An illustration below depicts the various, related, conveniently ignored “glitches” informing one of the ways to spell disaster: E.L.E.C.T.R.I.C. V.E.H.I.C.L.E.S. – though…
By B.N. Frank In 2020, NASA approved plans for the U.S. to drill on the moon for increasingly controversial “conflict minerals” (see 1, 2, 3,…
By B.N. Frank Ingredients needed to make batteries for electric vehicles (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), laptops, smartphones,…
By B.N. Frank Ingredients needed to make batteries for laptops, smartphones, increasingly flammable electric vehicles (EV) (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,…
By B.N. Frank Ingredients needed to make batteries for controversial (and flammable) electric vehicle (EV) batteries (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,…
By Neenah Payne King Leopold II’s Genocide Of The Belgian Congo explains that King Leopold II of Belgium’s policies from 1897 – 1908 killed 10-15…
By Neenah Payne King Leopold II’s Genocide Of The Belgian Congo shows that King Leopold II of Belgium’s greedy policies from 1897 – 1908 killed…
By B.N. Frank Mining for ingredients needed to make electric vehicles (EV) and other wireless devices and infrastructure has environmental consequences whether the mining is…