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China’s Nickel Plants in Indonesia Created Needed Jobs, Plus Pollution

An influx of Chinese investment into nickel-processing on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is sowing pollution while generating economic opportunity.

By Peter S. Goodman and Ulet Ifansasti

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‘King Coal’ Review: A View From Appalachia

A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.

By Robert Daniels

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Pacific Seabed Mining Delayed as International Agency Finalizes Rules

Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them.

By Eric Lipton

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Why Deep-Sea Mining Is the Next Battleground in the Energy Transition

Countries and companies are in a fight between those that want to excavate minerals used in electric vehicles and others that warn the cost is too high.

By Ephrat Livni Bernhard Warner Ravi Mattu and Michael J. de la