This year’s ranking of EV carmakers from most to least ‘clean’: Report

Ian Morse reports for Mongabay Mongabay
news.mongabay.com/2024/03/this-y…

Sekali ilegal, tetap ilegal; Penambangan Pulau-pulau kecil

Kamis, 21 Maret 2024, Mahkamah Konstitusi menganulir permohonan uji materiil PT Gema Kreasi Perdana (PT GKP) atas UU NO 27 tahun 2007, sebuah pasal yang melindungi pulau-pulau kecil dari aktivitas pertambangan.

UU No 27…

undark.org/2024/02/19/car…

Yo, kongsi hilirisasi nikel di Konawe:

projectmultatuli.org/kongsi-hiliris…

As Indonesians go to the polls next week, Franco Bravo Dengo & Ian Morse report from Sulawesi, where Indigenous people are alleging human rights violations over the rapidly expanding nickel industry - used to make EV batteries.

Great reporting for Climate Home News
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Laporan terbaru Project Multatuli on gurita oligarki nikel Indonesia, mendalami ratusan data dan memetakan empat grup bisnis dg konsesi terbesar di Indonesia:

PT Vale
PT Antam
PT Weda Bay
Bintang8 Group
projectmultatuli.org/cina-di-hilir-…

Who is behind the secretive company that has destroyed vast tracts of rainforest in Indonesian Borneo? Find out in our new investigation!

Chasing Shadows - out today. thegeckoproject.org/articles/chasi…

That asterisk is not doing the work it should be
Plastered all over Seattle ferry undark.org/2023/03/20/you…

Talking with Ian Morse about my new book Pitfall, climate justice and the mine of the future, on the Green Rocks podcast tinyurl.com/2fhvesn4 Greystone Books #EnergyTransition

As the world prepares for #COP28 , the onus is on global leaders & wealthy nations to put real funding towards #LossAndDamage & halting #ClimateChange .

The Guardian piece co-written with Saleemul Huq shortly before his untimely death on Saturday.

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This new publication 'Impacts of metal #mining on river systems: a global assessment' science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… with KarenHE in Science Magazine was picked up by BBC News (UK) : bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

If we’re going to build more electric cars, we’re going to need graphite for batteries.

Problem is: China dominates the supply chain. The largest U.S. deposit is in Alaska — but it’s next to a lake that Alaska Native people depend on for food.
alaskapublic.org/2023/09/26/tes…

The Rainforest in Our Backyard, Ian Morse reviews CANOPY OF TITANS for Undark Magazine

undark.org/2023/09/15/boo…

A rather incisive headline, but behind the paywall, researchers interrogate the US geopolitics of renewable energy manufacturing
pv-magazine.com/magazine-archi…

I was enraptured by the electric buses of Boise and inspired by the dedication of the Valley Regional Transit team, whom we met at the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) conference. THEY HAVE A COMIC BOOK

greenrocks.substack.com

Several people I contacted refused to speak on the record for fear of retribution or due to ongoing judicial procedures due to their involvement in the Hirak.
“The pouvoir has sown a climate of terror,” a local inhabitant told me
africanarguments.org/2023/09/a-mine…

Really impressive article by Brandon Loomis on the emerging critical minerals mining boom out west that spotlights a number of projects worth paying attention to, including a manganese/zing mine in AZ and possible new cobalt mines in Idaho. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…