Tag Archives: Lithium (Metal)

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 20, 2022
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Red Flags for Forced Labor Found in China’s Car Battery Supply Chain

Ties to potentially coercive labor practices could prove a problem for an industry that is heavily dependent on China, once a new law barring Xinjiang products goes into effect.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #china, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #embargoes-and-sanctions, #forced-labor, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #international-trade-and-world-market, #lithium-metal, #mines-and-mining, #nickel, #supply-chain, #uighurs-chinese-ethnic-group

The New York Times 3:48 pm on March 2, 2022
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Before Invasion, Ukraine’s Lithium Wealth Was Drawing Global Attention

Chinese and Australian investors had been lining up to explore for lithium, a metal that is critical to batteries and the world’s transition to clean energy.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #batteries, #donetsk-ukraine, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #lithium-metal, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #ukraine

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 22, 2022
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Ukraine’s Russia Crisis Reveals the West’s False Sense of Energy Security

America must secure the raw materials that a clean energy future requires. 

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #batteries, #china, #defense-and-military-forces, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #europe, #germany, #lithium-metal, #moscow-russia, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #supply-chain, #ukraine, #united-states

The New York Times 8:00 am on February 8, 2022
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Why This Could Be a Critical Year for Electric Cars

Booming in a depressed market, battery-powered vehicles are a plus for the climate but pose a big threat to carmakers and parts suppliers that are slow to change.

#automobiles, #batteries, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #casesa-john-a, #center-for-automotive-research, #china, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #europe, #ford-motor-co, #fuel-efficiency, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #general-motors, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-2021, #keogh-scott, #lithium-metal, #mercedes-benz, #musk-elon, #porsche-ag, #southern-states-us, #tesla-motors-inc, #toyota-motor-corp, #united-states, #volkswagen-ag

The New York Times 12:50 pm on January 6, 2022
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Mining of Lithium, Key to the Climate Fight, Faces New Scrutiny in Chile

Politicians have called for a pause in new mining contracts for lithium, which is in high demand for electric car batteries but is at the heart of a debate in Chile over mines, water rights and inequality.

#boric-gabriel, #chile, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #lithium-metal, #mines-and-mining, #pinera-sebastian, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 5:23 pm on December 28, 2021
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Chile’s Constitutional Rewrite Confronts Climate Change Head On

Chile has lots of lithium, which is essential to the world’s transition to green energy. But anger over powerful mining interests, a water crisis and inequality has driven Chile to rethink how it defines itself.

#chile, #constitutions, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #global-warming, #lithium-metal, #mines-and-mining, #sociedad-quimica-y-minera-de-chile-sa

The New York Times 8:00 am on December 22, 2021
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How China’s CATL Became the Top Electric Car Battery Maker

Beijing gave CATL lavish subsidies, a captive market of buyers and soft regulatory treatment, helping it to control a crucial technology of the future.

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The New York Times 8:00 am on December 16, 2021
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Battling for Bolivia’s Lithium That’s Vital to Electric Cars

Chinese and Russian industrial giants seek to tap mineral deposits vital to electric cars. A Texas entrepreneur has his own strategy: the long game.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #automobiles, #batteries, #bolivia, #egan-teague, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #energyx, #entrepreneurship, #foreign-investments, #international-relations, #lithium-metal, #mines-and-mining

The New York Times 4:00 pm on September 8, 2021
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Your Batteries Are Due for Disruption

This week, a more efficient type of battery arrives in a wristband fitness tracker. It could soon reach smart glasses, cars and even aircraft.

#advanced-research-projects-agency-energy, #batteries, #berdichevsky-gene, #computers-and-the-internet, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #electronics, #factories-and-manufacturing, #lithium-metal, #quantumscape-corp, #sila-nanotechnologies-inc, #silicon, #wearable-computing, #whoop-inc

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 8, 2021
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Biden Administration Moves to Unkink Supply Chain Bottlenecks

A swath of recommendations calls for more investments, new supply chains and less reliance on other countries for crucial goods.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #american-rescue-plan-2021, #batteries, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #china, #computer-chips, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #energy-department, #factories-and-manufacturing, #health-and-human-services-department, #international-trade-and-world-market, #lithium-metal, #office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative, #rare-earths, #shortages, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 2:35 pm on May 6, 2021
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The Lithium Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Power Electric Vehicles

A race is on to produce lithium in the United States, but competing projects are taking very different approaches to extracting the vital raw material. Some might not be very green.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on February 16, 2021
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The Auto Industry Bets Its Future on Batteries

Carmakers, government agencies and investors are pouring money into battery research in a global race to profit from emission-free electric cars.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #automobiles, #batteries, #china, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #europe, #factories-and-manufacturing, #ford-motor-co, #fuel-emissions-transportation, #general-motors, #innovation, #lithium-metal, #start-ups, #tesla-motors-inc, #toyota-motor-corp, #united-states, #volkswagen-ag

The New York Times 5:15 pm on January 29, 2021
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G.M. Wants to Make Electric Cars. China Dominates the Market.

With government support and lavish subsidies, Chinese companies have come to dominate the market for batteries, motors and other essentials Detroit may need for its new fleets.

#automobiles, #batteries, #china, #driverless-and-semiautonomous-vehicles, #electric-and-hybrid-vehicles, #factories-and-manufacturing, #foxconn-technology, #general-motors, #international-trade-and-world-market, #lithium-metal, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 9, 2020
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The Best Answer to Chaos in Bolivia Is Socialism

The Oct. 18 election may be the country’s best hope to stop its slide into authoritarianism.

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