Sources and links on page 57 (8)
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- https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/01/child-labour-behind-smart-phone-and-electric-car-batteries/
- https://greenrocks.substack.com/p/who-are-clean-cobalt-programs-really
- https://news.mongabay.com/2020/05/indonesian-miners-eyeing-ev-nickel-boom-seek-to-dump-waste-into-the-sea/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/%20batteries/graphite-mining-pollution-in-china/
- https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/the-downside-of-electromobility-lithium-mining-in-south-america-destroys-livelihoods-access-to-water-for-indigenous-people/
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- https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/4816/2021/en/
- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/the-dark-side-of-congos-cobalt-rush
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“After cobalt was discovered beneath one neighborhood, Congolese began digging under their houses.” From the New Yorker, Illustration by Pola Maneli
The “gold rush” surrounding battery material mining and the unsafe conditions that follow from it are a direct result of booming EV demand and production. Automakers, battery manufacturers, and governments must address this negative impact to ensure EVs are truly green.
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