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Militia linked to junta behind stepped-up activity near Chinese border in Kachin state published : 8 May 2021 at 16:43 3 A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia in China. (Stringer via Reuters) Illegal mining of rare-earth minerals has surged in an area controlled by a junta-linked militia since the Feb 1 military coup in Myanmar, according to local reports. The mining is taking place in northern Kachin state on the border with China, The Irrawaddy news site reported, quoting local envir...

Britain set to stockpile metals for electric cars to beat Chinese threat - The Telegraph Reuters 4 hrs ago © Reuters/CHINA STRINGER NETWORK Miners are seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia (Reuters) - Britain is exploring the creation of a national stockpile of so-called rare earth metals amid rising fears that country's efforts to adopt electric cars are at risk from a Chinese stranglehold on supplies, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Officials at the Department for Business are discussing options to protect the United Kingdom's access to vi...

CFACT 9 January 2021 Reducing America’s emissions (if that’s your thing) is a major goal of President Elect Biden’s platform, but it should not be implemented by “leaking” environmental degradation and human atrocities to foreign countries that are supplying the exotic minerals and metals to support green electricity. Biden has an opportunity to follow the lead of the United Nations and Amnesty International as the efforts to achieve net zero emissions must not be built on human rights abuses or on non-existent environmental regulations in foreign countries. Biden’s “war on poll...

In our race to save the climate, a new book claims that we are destroying the environment and starting a new war over natural resources

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