Electric Vehicles Are Creating A Huge Demand For Copper
A recent report predicts a "nine-fold increase in copper demand" by 2027 due to electric vehicles. Reuters reports that electric vehicles use...
Electric Vehicles Rely On Child Labor
Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW) highlighted the rampant use of child labor in mining cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: According to the...
Land Auction Further Boosts Texas Economy
Last week the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) sold nine parcels of land in Texas for oil and gas lease sales. BLM Acting Director Michael D. Nedd...
Research Report Exposes Costs Of Rare Earth
An op-ed from America Rising Squared's (AR2) Executive Director Brian Rogers published in RealClearEnergy marked the release of a new AR2 white...
U.S. Companies Face Shortage Of Ethically Sourced Cobalt
American technology companies are facing a shortage of "ethically sourced cobalt," a metal critical to products like electric vehicles and solar...
Main U.S. Source Of Rare Earth On Auction Block
The Financial Times highlights a grossly overlooked fact – the United States has only one rare earth mine that provides a significant source of rare...
Wind Or Wings?
Radical Environmentalists claim to try to protect eagles, but support policies that kill thousands each year An El Paso-based environmental group...
Raw Materials For Renewable Energy Are Scarce, Not So Renewable
Rare earth minerals, the raw materials used in electric cars, wind turbines, solar panels, and various defense applications are scarce, and "the...
Shadiness In The Solar Sector
The Wall Street Journal reported on yet another instance of shadiness in the solar industry, this time showing that one of the largest U.S. solar...
The True Price Of Renewable Energy
Recent reports have revealed some serious human consequences surrounding the acquisition of renewable energy. Sky News recently showed that one of...
Is Tesla’s Success Built on Exploitation?
Tesla's "factories of the future" are turning out to be a nightmare for its workers: Ambulances have been called more than 100 times since 2014 for...
U.S. Dependent On Imported Materials For “Green Energy”
The United States is a major consumer of rare earth, with future demand only expected to rise according to a 2016 United States Government...
