What Can Replace China as a Global Economic Engine?
Much of the world’s economic fate hangs on the speed and scale of the green transition.
How Geopolitics Is Complicating the Move to Clean Energy
The fate of Indonesia’s unrivaled stocks of nickel — a critical mineral used to make batteries for electric vehicles — is caught in the conflict between the United States and China.
Europe Frets U.S. Battery Factory Subsidies Will Hurt, Not Help
The European Union is trying to assemble the building blocks to produce electric cars, but subsidies are luring companies to the United States.
EE. UU. necesita minerales para los carros eléctricos
A medida que el mundo cambia a fuentes de energía más limpias, el control sobre los materiales necesarios para impulsar esa transición sigue en disputa.
The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too.
The United States is entering an array of agreements to secure the critical minerals necessary for the energy transition, but it’s not clear which of the arrangements can succeed.
Your Thursday Briefing: Ukraine’s Fight for Bakhmut
Also, U.S. proposals to revolutionize the auto industry.
New Rules Will Make Many Electric Cars Ineligible for Tax Credits
The Biden administration hopes its guidelines for up to $7,500 in tax credits will encourage automakers to reduce their reliance on China for batteries and raw materials.
A Hungarian Town Seethes Over a Giant Chinese Battery Plant
A $7.8 billion factory planned by a Chinese company in eastern Hungary has become divisive even within the party of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who championed it.
A Rush to Mine the Deep Sea Is Underway. It Must Be Stopped.
A scramble to mine the deep sea could soon commence. And once it begins, there will be little hope of reining it in.
A Rush to Mine the Deep Sea Is Underway. It Must Be Stopped.
A scramble to mine the deep sea could soon commence. And once it begins, there will be little hope of reining it in.