' "#TheElementsOfPower: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth," a new book by journalist #NicolasNiarchos, paints a semi-apocalyptic vision of that #cobalt’s origins: corrupt bargains between politicians and foreign companies, displacement and environmental destruction, cave-ins that bury miners alive.'

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/elements-power-nicolas-niarchos-cobalt-exploitation/
#tech #Congo #DRC #mining #cobaltMining #artisanalMining #ecocide #books @bookstodon

Kobalt ist ein wichtiger Rohstoff bei der Herstellung von E-Autobatterien 🔋– doch dessen Abbau in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo ist oftmals mit schwerwiegenden Menschenrechtsverletzungen und Umweltschäden verbunden.

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📆 am 24.02.25 um 18:30 Uhr
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💬 Nach der Filmvorführung habt Ihr die Möglichkeit, einem Publikumsgespräch mit spannenden Gäst*innen zu lauschen.

#cobaltmining #congo #cleanenergy #elektromobilität #rohstoffe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJdktQ97rZ8

#TheListeningPost

The horror of #cobaltmining in #DRC

#DRCongo #cobalt

We need this tech NOW! Some #LithiumIon alternatives discussed are #SodiumIonBatteries, #HydrogenFuelCells and #AqueousMagnesiumBatteries (which I'm just learning about).

6 alternatives to lithium-ion batteries: What's the future of energy storage?

The future of battery tech looks bright, but we might have to wait a while.

By Calvin Wankhede
March 11, 2024

"Li-on batteries require environmentally destructive #mining practices for metals such as #lithium, #cobalt, and #nickel. Moreover, a large amount of these metal resources are located in developing countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo [#DRC]. Ethical mining practices haven’t been established in these areas yet, meaning Li-on production contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions."

https://www.androidauthority.com/lithium-ion-battery-alternatives-3356834/

#SolarPunkSunday #GiantLeap #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #CobaltMining #NickelMining

#GreenColonialism, Rights of Women and Languages: Priorities of #Indigenous in Reports for #UnitedNations

by #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews
April 27, 2024

NEW YORK -- "#FakeGreen projects, the removal of children from their homes, loss of languages, rise of hate speech, and war were among the top concerns cited in the reports by the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as it closed its ten-day session on April 26, 2024.

"The rights of women, the need to protect endangered languages and redress for victims of boarding and residential schools were also priorities in the Permanent Forum's reports prepared for the U.N. Economic and Social Council.

"Some of their concerns:

- #Inuit: Children Removed, Women Victims of Doctors

- Green Colonialism: Immediate Moratorium

- Loss of languages

- Rights of Women

The following are topics, "prepared by Censored News, from the draft documents prepared by the Permanent Forum for the U.N. Economic and Social Council." For full text of the draft documents, visit the link below.

- Increasing Violence and #HateSpeech Toward #IndigenousPeoples

- Free, Prior and Informed Consent

- War and Displacement

- #CrimeanTartar in Ukraine

- Central and #SouthAmerica and #Caribbean: Hate Speech

- #Australia: Harsh Incarceration and Suicides of Youths

- #NewZealand: Harsh Measures Against #Maori

- #US and #Canada #Line5

- Rights of #RapaNui People and #Kanuk

- #Honduras and #Indonesia

- #WestPapua

- #Bolivia

- #Pacific: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls

- #Sami

- #Africa

- #BoardingSchools and #ResidentialSchools

- The Protection of Indigenous #Women and #Girls

- Indigenous young people

- Right to Remain in #Isolation

- #CriticalMinerals

- Protection of #Languages

- #IntellectualPropertyRights

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/04/green-colonialism-rights-of-women-and.html

#NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CobaltMining #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #NoPipelines #NoDAPL #CorporateColonialism #RioTinto #SaveOakFlat #Genocide #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining #TraditionalLanguage #IndigenousLanguages #TraditionalKnowledge #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Techies for liberation,

Right of repair efforts are part of the Free Congo efforts. I've been looking for right of repair organizations & people leading this fight. If you could let me know what resources I should be looking toward, I would greatly appreciate it.

#FreeCongo #DRC #TheDRC #democraticrepublicofcongo #cobaltmining #freepalestine #Palestine #Rightofrepair #leftism

https://invidious.namazso.eu/watch?v=GbbWXes0CbU

#SiddarthKara author of #CobaltRed #book

#ThereIsNoSuchThingAsCleanCobalt
#techdevices #cobaltmining
#modernslavery #Congo