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Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium.

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Rio Tinto Produces Metals Critical to the rEVolution

CleanTechnica EVs

At a local level, Queensland is encouraging miners to prepare for the time when coal is no longer their main product. Australian miners are global companies that are leading the search for critical minerals and materials to enable the green industrial revolution. But there is also a lot of movement on the international stage.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

Plug In India

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. If we are going to look beyond the EV itself to the energy that powers it, shouldn’t we do the same for the fossil fueled combustion car? Enough to drive an EV for 6.8

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