Archive - Power Metal

Americans Can’t Afford Their Cars; Iran's War Metal

And more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Jun 26 •

Congo’s Corporate Mines Are Awful, Too; From Coal to Critical Metals

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Jun 19 •

Black Market Mines Boom in Peru; An Un-Trashed Umbrella

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Jun 12 •

Trade War Spawns Magnet Shortage for Carmakers; Tyrannosaurus Rex-Cycled

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Cracks in China’s Great Wall of Rare Earths; How To Make Batteries Cheaply

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

May 22 •

Millionaire Metal Thieves; Recycle Your Butt

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

May 15 •

Africa’s Homemade EVs; Starting Gun for Sea Mining?

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

May 1 •

April 2025

How Sludge and Shrimp Shells Could Power Your EV; Of Trade Wars and Sand; Brad Pitt Cameo!

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Apr 24 •

You Can’t Tariff Sunshine and Wind; Handling A Million Pounds of Dangerous Batteries

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Apr 17 •

Critical Metals Become Trade War Weapons

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Apr 10 •

Mine Seaweed, Not the Sea Bed; Mango Tree to Metal Tree

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Tesla’s Bigger Problem; Copper Conflict Turns Bloody

And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology —and how we can do better.

Mar 20 •

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