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Shining a Light on the EV Supply Chain: A Poor Environmental and Human Rights Record

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The process produces enormous amount of corrosive chemical tailings — often in the millions of tons for each mine per year — that are extremely challenging to neutralize, store and contain. Each approach can go wrong. So nickel is another critical metal that has no good options. billion in 2015. billion in 2015.

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