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EV battery nickel mining drives rainforest loss in Indonesia

Original: EV batteries are linked to rainforest loss in Indonesia. Nickel mines in Sulawesi are causing extensive forest destructi

Nickel mines in Sulawesi, Indonesia, are destroying large areas of tropical rainforest to supply battery materials for electric vehicles. Around 3,500 football fields of forest, much of it primary rainforest, have been cleared, with the nickel going to Huayou, a supplier for Tesla, Volkswagen and Ford. The reporting raises questions about the environmental cost of the shift to electric cars.

Why now: It exposes a contradiction between the green image of electric vehicles and the deforestation caused by mining their battery materials.

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• EV batteries are linked to rainforest loss in Indonesia. Nickel mines in Sulawesi are causing extensive forest destruction, and their nickel goes to Huayou, a supplier for Tesla, VW and Ford. About 3,500 football fields of forest have gone, mostly primary rainforest, including… · ecosia · 35

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