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Bytes EuropeUkraine LIVE: Trump’s ‘unprecedented’ demands for Zelensky | World | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/872166/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/872166/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonalTrumpMineralDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonalTrumpMineralDeal</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrumpNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrumpNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyAssets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyAssets</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RareMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RareMinerals</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UkraineLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkraineLive</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UkraineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkraineNews</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldLatest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldLatest</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldNews</a>

Erik JonkerIf true , truly a big scandal and an illustration what the USA has become... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zelensky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rareminerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rareminerals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@geopolitics</a>

Six Grandfathers Mountain<a href="https://mastodon.ie/@EugeneMcParland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@EugeneMcParland</a> RE Estimated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russianlosses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russianlosses</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> announced this week that aid is a loan that needs to be returned after the war. The extraction of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rareminerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rareminerals</a> and or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fossilfuel</a> is the payback he wants.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poland</a> opening its borders and accepting millions of Ukrainians escaping the war is an extremely expensive form of aid. Trump is transactional, this is a weak part that others might take advantage of. They can use him to make compromised policy that is not for the US or EU

JdeB301 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateSolutions</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RareMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RareMinerals</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobalt</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> [1]When climate solutions become a case of modern colonialism it's time to get "really worried". Solutions for the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> are no solutions if not paired / equaled with <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateJustice</a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateEquity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEquity</a>. If we can't do that the only solution is driving less. "Electric vehicles need cobalt. Congolese miners work in dangerous conditions to get it." by Adam Mahoney for CapitalB / Grist<a href="https://grist.org/energy/electric-vehicles-cobalt-congolese-miners-dangerous-conditions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grist.org/energy/electric-vehicles-cobalt-congolese-miners-dangerous-conditions/</a>Quotes: "Black activists in the U.S. are fighting the exploitation of Black resources and workers in the Congo.""In a country where the Earth hides its treasures beneath its surface, those who chip away at its bounty pay an unfair price. As a pre-teen, his family could no longer afford to pay his $6 monthly school fee, leaving him with one option: a life working underground in a tunnel, digging for cobalt rocks.""As America’s dependence on the Congo has grown, Black-led labor and environmental organizers here in the U.S. have worked to build a transnational solidarity movement. Activists also say that the inequities faced in the Congo relate to those that Black Americans experience.""Bakari Height, the transit equity organizer at the Labor Network for Sustainability, says the global harm caused by the energy transition and the inability of Black Americans to participate in it at home are for a simple reason.""“We’re always on the menu, but we’re never at the table,” he said. “The space of transportation planning and climate change is mostly white people, or people of color that aren’t Black, so these discussions about exploitation aren’t happening in those spaces — it is almost like a second form of colonialism.”"While Georgia has been targeted for investment by the Biden administration, workers are “refusing to stand idly by and let them repeat a cycle that harms Black communities and working families.”"Solidarity activism reached a national stage last week at the Morehouse College graduation ceremony, when professors at the school sent clear messages to President Joe Biden. Samuel Livingston and Cynthia Hewitt unfurled a Congolese flag as Biden gave his speech. And Dr. Taura Taylor, wearing a DRC pin on her cap, stood up, raised her fist and turned her back to the president. Yet, less publicized has been the work of Congolese and Black American groups building bridges, including the Congo Initiative based in the Congo and the D.C.-based group Friends of the Congo.""On average, an electric vehicle battery requires 30 pounds of cobalt, meaning millions of tons of the mineral is needed for America’s EV boom, which will continue to push thousands of Black women, men, and children into pits and tunnels. In the U.S., these battery packs range from around $7,000 to nearly $30,000, while Congolese miners make mere dollars for mining most of the material found in them."

JdeB301 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateSolutions</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RareMinerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RareMinerals</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cobalt</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> [2]This is about neo-colonialism. Nothing can be worse than doing a good thing, while reviving a horrible [and supposedly banished] practice from the past: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Slavery</a>This article was the follow up of a previous article, so you have to scroll down after opening the link:<a href="https://grist.org/energy/electric-vehicles-cobalt-congolese-miners-dangerous-conditions/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://grist.org/energy/electric-vehicles-cobalt-congolese-miners-dangerous-conditions/</a>‘Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected’ by Anita Hofschneider for GristQuotes: "Ignoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive""Of the 255,000 Congolese citizens mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children. They are not only exposed to physical threats but environmental ones. Cobalt mining pollutes critical water sources, plus the air and land. It is linked to respiratory illnesses, food insecurity, and violence.""Companies operating in the country are “primarily concerned about their own welfare, filling their own pockets. They’re not really concerned about the welfare of the Congolese people,” Carney said earlier this year.""“What we say to people is that in a country that’s so critical to the future of the planet, a country that we’re all connected to through our cellphones and iPads or electric vehicles — even if you’re in California, you’re connected to the Congo,” he said.""“Congolese women have the highest metallic content in the body in the world because they’re digging in the soil to get those minerals,” he added.""Cobalt accounts for as much as 60 percent of the batteries that drive our lives because the mineral possesses a unique electron configuration that allows the battery to remain stable at higher energy densities. This means cobalt-heavy batteries can hold more charge. While there has been a push to use alternative minerals in electric batteries, most other options are unstable and unsafe for the user. Some experts have argued that the U.S. should turn its attention to Canada, which is among the top five countries producing cobalt and the only nation in the Western Hemisphere with deposits of all the minerals required to make next-generation electric batteries. But it is a more costly venture that, to this point, has yet to make waves in the U.S.""In the coming years, it is estimated that more than half of the world’s cobalt will be used just for EVs. The federally subsidized push to increase electric vehicle production by 2030 calls for a 15-fold increase in battery production. Already, the nation’s imports of cobalt increased by 35 percent from 2021 to 2022.""“Cobalt mining is the slave farm perfected,” wrote Siddharth Kara last year in the award-winning investigative book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. “It is a system of absolute exploitation for absolute profit.” [EAN nr 9781250284303 JdeB]"While it is the world’s richest country in terms of wealth from natural resources, Congo is among the poorest in terms of life outcomes. Of the 201 countries recognized by the World Bank Group, it has the 191st lowest life expectancy."

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