X

Sign Up For Our Mailing List

logo
a product of
America Rising
Advanced Research
menu
logo
a product of America Rising Advanced Research

CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries

A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

TOP STORIES
#1 Tesla Fined For Air Pollution
#2 EVs Have A Child Labor Problem
#3 New Coalition In Arizona Seeks To Bring California Energy Regulations There
#4 Cap And Trade In California Looking More Like A Tax Now
#5 CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax
March 6, 2018

CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries

CBS Report Exposes The Child Labor Used To Make Lithium Batteries
A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.
March 5, 2018

Tesla Fined For Air Pollution

Tesla Fined For Air Pollution
Tesla, a self-proclaimed technology company, has been working tirelessly on its image as a “green” automaker.
February 23, 2018

EVs Have A Child Labor Problem

EVs Have A Child Labor Problem
A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]
February 14, 2018

New Coalition In Arizona Seeks To Bring California Energy Regulations There

New Coalition In Arizona Seeks To Bring California Energy Regulations There
A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.
February 7, 2018

Cap And Trade In California Looking More Like A Tax Now

Cap And Trade In California Looking More Like A Tax Now
Orange County Register Columnist Susan Shelley wrote this week that the myth that California’s cap and trade system isn’t a tax is coming apart quickly:
February 6, 2018

CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax

CT Lawmakers Push For Carbon Tax
Amid Connecticut’s revolving budget crisis, a group of Connecticut lawmakers again are exploring a carbon tax:
February 1, 2018

Taxpayer Pay For T-Mobile’s Green Pledge

Taxpayer Pay For T-Mobile’s Green Pledge
This week, T-Mobile proudly announced its pledge to use “100 percent renewable electricity”
January 30, 2018

Oregon Leaders Question Viability Of Carbon Tax Passage

Oregon Leaders Question Viability Of Carbon Tax Passage
Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.
January 19, 2018

LAPD Spending Millions On EVs It Doesn’t Use

LAPD Spending Millions On EVs It Doesn’t Use
A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:
Paid for by ARSQUARED.ORG
Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
www.ARsquared.org
X
October 5, 2017

New Texas Pipeline Under Construction

post-image

Construction has begun on a new 650 mile EPIC Y Grade pipeline in Texas. The liquefied natural gas pipeline is planned to run parallel to the EPIC crude oil pipeline running from the Permian and Eagle Ford Basins in West Texas to refineries and export terminals along the Gulf of Mexico.

Phil Mezey, EPIC’s Chief Executive Officer, stated:

“We are delighted to collaborate with BP, which brings to this project global commercial expertise for both NGLs and purity products. We look forward to providing a straight-forward, independent solution to shippers’ NGL marketing and transportation needs.”

This is one of five proposed pipelines connecting southwest Texas to the port of Corpus Christi. These projects aim to increase capacity and address concerns of a shortage of pipelines in Texas.

This comes as Texas environmentalists suffer repeated setbacks in their attempts to halt pipeline construction. Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit rejected an environmentalist-backed lawsuit against the recently completed Trans-Pecos pipeline in West Texas.

In another case, protestors at the same West Texas pipeline are facing felony criminal mischief charges for their actions at protests earlier this year. They are awaiting follow-up court dates after pleading not guilty last month.