‘More than 70% of world’s cobalt…the blood diamond of electric vehicle batteries, comes from Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor & sexual violence are rampant in mines’ – Watts Up With That?

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More than 70 percent of the world’s cobalt, sometimes called the blood diamond of electric vehicle batteries, comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where child labor and sexual violence are rampant in mines. About half of the world’s nickel, another key… pic.twitter.com/Ooac84FMJw

— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) July 23, 2024