The so-called capitalist transition to green energy has a problem: it isn’t profitable to produce cobalt, a key element in the construction of lithium-ion batteries. Most of the world’s cobalt production is currently in China, which has large reserves of the metal....
On Halmahera island in Indonesia, nickel mining operations are threatening the territory of one of world’s last remaining indigenous tribes living in voluntary isolation. Members of the O Hongana Manyawa tribe on Halmahera are some of the last “uncontacted...
A look at what is going on in West Virginia shows us how ruthless corporations can be to make profits. In West Virginia and all over the Appalachian region, there is a massive push to destroy the landscape and to get at the last deposits of coal available. The new...
