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Can the world make an electric car battery without China?
From mines to refineries and factories, China began investing decades ago. Today, most of your electric car batteries are made in China and that’s unlikely to change soon.
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The underbelly of electric cars: Where all those EV batteries come from
Mining and processing the minerals needed to meet the growing demand for EVs can be costly for workers, local communities and the environment.
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The looming threat of deep-sea mining
A new international treaty aims to support protection of the high seas – what will this mean for deep-sea mining?
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Pressure is on to start mining the deep sea. Is it worth it?
A battle is brewing over the future of the ocean floor that pits the fate of this little-known ecosystem against humanity’s demand for critical minerals — and a Vancouver company is leading the charge.
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Deep-sea riches: mining a remote ecosystem
Miles below the surface, harvesting metallic nodules on the ocean floor may speed the green energy revolution but threaten animals found nowhere else on the planet.
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Study: Drilling waste on Pennsylvania roads bad for health, land
A long-anticipated health study commissioned by Pennsylvania environmental officials examined the practice of spreading wastewater from conventional gas– and oil-drilling on thousands of miles of rural dirt roads in the state.
Where will Canada’s electric vehicle batteries go when they die?
Electric vehicles are booming in B.C. and that means the province has a unique opportunity to divert some of the world’s most sought-after clean-energy minerals from a potentially hazardous waste stream
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