How Geopolitics Is Complicating the Move to Clean Energy
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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.
First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops
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First Solar Finds That Forced Labor Was Used in Its Malaysian Ops

The company, First Solar, said an internal review had found that subcontractors used unethical recruitment tactics and withheld pay from workers.